BOSTON METALS CO.

v.

THE WINDING GULF ET AL.

Citator

Cited By

• United States v. Menasche, 348 U.S. 528 (U.S. 1955)
  …. Supp. 434. The Court of Appeals affirmed. 210 F. 2d 809. We granted certiorari because of the importance of the questions presented in this and the companion case of Shomberg v. United States, supra, in the administration of our nationality laws. 348 U. S. 811. In interpreting § 405 of the Immigration and Nationality Act in relation to the facts of this case, we must consider the historical background of the savings clause and of the procedure for filing declarations of intention. The declaration of inte…
• Bisso v. Inland Waterways Corp., 349 U.S. 85 (U.S. 1955)
  …ralty, sustained a contractual provision exempting respondent towboat owner from liability for negligence and entered judgment accordingly. 114 F. Supp. 713. The Court of Appeals affirmed. 211 F. 2d 401. We granted certiorari to settle the question. 348 U. S. 811. The record including the findings of fact shows: Petitioner’s oil barge Bisso while being towed up the Mississippi River by the respondent’s steam towboat Cairo collided with a bridge pier and sank. At the time, the barge had no motive power, stee…
• Boston Metals Co. v. THE Winding Gulf, 349 U.S. 122 (U.S. 1955)
  …d a decree in favor of the cross-libellant against petitioner which resulted in dividing the damages equally between petitioner and respondents. 72 F. Supp. 50. The Court of Appeals affirmed on the same grounds. 209 F. 2d 410. We granted certiorari. 348 U. S. 811. In Bisso v. Inland Waterways Corp., decided today, ante, p. 85, we held invalid a contract designed to shift responsibility for a towboat’s negligence from the towboat to its innocent tow. That holding controls this case. For whatever this contrac…