# Respondents Brief — American Trading Transportation Co. v. Escobar

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## Record

- **Collection:** Supreme Court brief
- **Document type:** Respondents Brief
- **Published:** January 1, 1976
- **Citation:** 423 U.S. 1070

## Text

LIBRARY ~ Supreiad Court oR
SUPREME COURT, U. & Miata Wests

IN THE

Supreme Court of the United Shalt \~ :

Octoser Term, 1974

No. 74—1191

ILIGAN INTEGRATED STEEL MILLS, INC., CON-
TINENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY, STAND-
ARD MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD.,
FIREMAN’S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY,
COMMERCIAL UNION INSURANCE COMPANY
OF NEW YORK, EMPLOYERS COMMERCIAL
UNION INSURANCE COMPANY, and AETNA
INSURANCE COMPANY,

Petitioners,
—against—

SS JOHN WEYERHAEUSER, her engines, boilers, etc.,
WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY, and NEW YORK
NAVIGATION COMPANY, INC.,

Respondents.

On PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE
UNITED STATEs Circuit Court oF APPEALS FOR
SEcoND CIRCUIT.

BRIEF FOR RESPONDENT WEYERHAEUSER
COMPANY IN OPPOSITION.

FREDERICK Fisu,
Counsel for Respondent
Weyerhaeuser Company,
345 Park Avenue,
New York, New York 10022.
(212) 751-6400.

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CASES CITED

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‘The CALEDONIER, 31 F. 2d 257 (2d Cir. 1929);
Cort, Gemed, Se thy oy GOO os coset as rrcansainces 14

Graver Tank & Mfg. Co., Inc. v. Linde Air Products
Co; S56 U. Bk CE i ccnvicvcess 0 cvevKice

Kish v. Taylor [1912] A. C. 604 (House of Lords). .13, 14

The MALCOLM BAXTER, Jr., 277 VU. S. 323
EP ar rae ce eeter ee atts warden ees nea e 13, 14

Monarch SS Co., Ltd. v. Karlshamns Oljefabriker
’ (A/B), [1949] A. C. 196 (House of Lords) ....13, 14

Royal Ins. Co., Ltd. v. United States, 87 F. 2d 714
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The TURRET CROWN, 297 Fed. 766 (2d Cir.
15G4) ; cort. denied, 264 U.S. SOl ... 2... ees 13
United States v. Wessel, Duval & Co., 115 F. Supp.
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The WAALHAVEN, 36 F. 2d 706 (2d Cir, 1929);
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The WILLDOMINO, 272 U.S. 718 (1927) ...... 13, 14
STATUTES CITED
United States Carriage of Goods by Sea Act,
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OTHER SOURCES
Gilmore & Black, The Law of Admiralty, § 3-42 at
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Prosser, Handbook of the Law of Torts, § 34 (4th
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