# Thames Shipyard v. United States

> Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · January 23, 2004 · 350 F.3d 247

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/200824

## Case

- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- **Decided:** January 23, 2004
- **Citations:** 350 F.3d 247
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding "that there is no such thing as a Federal police power except in respect of those specific subjects delegated to Congress, such as treason, counterfeiting, piracies and felonies on the high seas and offences against the laws of nations"
- finding that the Coast Guard is under no obligation to "provide rescue service on demand"

## Opinion text

United States Court of Appeals
For the First Circuit

No. 02-1619

THAMES SHIPYARD AND REPAIR COMPANY,
Plaintiff in Cross Claim, Appellant,

v.

UNITED STATES,
Defendant, Appellee.

No. 02-1620

NORTHERN VOYAGER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP;
ONEBEACON AMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY f/k/a/
COMMERCIAL UNION INSURANCE COMPANY,
Plaintiffs, Appellants,

v.

UNITED STATES,
Defendant, Appellee.

APPEALS FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

[Hon. Rya W. Zobel, U.S. District Judge]

Before
Torruella, Circuit Judge,
Campbell and Stahl, Senior Circuit Judges.

ERRATA SHEET

The opinion of this Court issued on November 26, 2003, is
amended as follows:

On page 2 of the cover page, Volume I of II and Volume II or
II, replace "Donald J. Sullivan" with "Michael J. Sullivan".

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