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Gillin v. Nancy

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Mar 6, 1970
420 F.2d 1380 (4th Cir. 1970)

Opinion

No. 13709.

Argued March 2, 1970.

Decided March 6, 1970.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Norfolk Division; John A. MacKenzie, District Judge.

Hugh S. Meredith, Norfolk, Va. (J. Davis Reed, III, and Vandeventer, Black, Meredith Martin, Norfolk, Va., on the brief), for appellant.

Daniel Hartnett, Accomac, Va. (Henry L. Carter and Ayres Hartnett, Accomac, Va., on the brief), for appellees.

Before WINTER, CRAVEN and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.


The district judge exonerated Captain Fish and his fishing boat Nancy from all responsibility for the collision between Nancy and motor yacht Lizanne. Since he applied correct principles of law to findings of fact that are not clearly erroneous the appeal is

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Gillin v. Nancy

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Mar 6, 1970
420 F.2d 1380 (4th Cir. 1970)
Case details for

Gillin v. Nancy

Case Details

Full title:James J. GILLIN, Appellant, v. F/V NANCY, her engines, tackle, apparel…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

Date published: Mar 6, 1970

Citations

420 F.2d 1380 (4th Cir. 1970)