The Schooner Catharine, Her Tackle Starks Lewis and Others, Owners and Claimants, Appellants v. Noah Dickinson and Others, Libellants
Decision Date | 01 December 1854 |
Parties | THE SCHOONER CATHARINE, HER TACKLE, &C., STARKS W. LEWIS AND OTHERS, OWNERS AND CLAIMANTS, APPELLANTS, v. NOAH DICKINSON AND OTHERS, LIBELLANTS |
Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
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David Crystal, Inc. v. Cunard Steam-Ship Company
...the damages to be either equally apportioned among the parties negligent as in mutual fault collision cases, The Catharine, 58 U.S. 170, 17 How. 170, 15 L.Ed. 233 (1854), but see N. M. Paterson & Sons, Ltd. v. Chicago, 209 F.Supp. 576 (E.D.Ill.1962) or to be proportioned among the parties a......
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United States v. Farr Sugar Corp.
...by the more heavily damaged ship and that suffered by the one less heavily damaged. This rule appears to date from The Catharine, 17 How. 170, 177, 178, 15 L.Ed. 233. It grew old early and is now thoroughly settled. The James Gray v. The John Fraser, 21 How. 184, 194, 195, 16 L.Ed. 106; The......
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Edmonds v. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique
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Coats v. Penrod Drilling Corp.
...court decisions, the earliest being in 1968, which do not directly address the question. First, some background. In The Catharine, 58 U.S. [17 How.] 170, 15 L.Ed. 233 (1854), two vessels collided, each being at fault. The Supreme Court held that the total loss should be divided equally, thu......
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