Supreme Court of the United States, 1972

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. v. Erie Lackawanna Railroad Co.

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided May 15, 1972 · Per Curiam

406 U.S. 340; 92 S. Ct. 1550; 32 L. Ed. 2d 110; 1972 U.S. LEXIS 62 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Devereux Milburn argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Louis L. Stanton, Jr., Jerome L. Getz, and Frank G. Kurka., E. Barrett Prettyman, Jr., argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief for respondent Erie Lackawanna Railroad Co. were Timothy J. Bloomfield and Lloyd W. Roberson.

Cases that cite this one

37 later published cases cite this decision. The 21 that cite it most often are listed here.

Oman v. Johns-Manville Corp. (District Court, E.D. Virginia 1980)
John Dodge v. Mitsui Shintaku Ginko K. K. Tokyo, and Brady-Hamilton Stevedore Co., Intervenor-Appellee (9th Cir. 1976)
Lockheed Aircraft Corp. v. United States (Supreme Court of the United States 1983)
Simeon v. T. Smith & Son, Inc. (5th Cir. 1988)
Ketchum v. Gulf Oil Corp. (5th Cir. 1986)
Jackson v. Tenneco Oil Co. (United States District Court Eastern District of Louisiana 1985)
Drake v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1st Cir. 1985)
Orion Insurance v. United Technologies Corp. (District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania 1979)
James F. Pastore v. Taiyo Gyogyo, K.K. v. Lavino Shipping Co. And City of Philadelphia (3d Cir. 1978)
Nieves v. Douglas Steamship, Ltd. (District Court, S.D. New York 1978)
Baker v. Pacific Far East Lines, Inc. (United States District Court for the Northern District of California 1978)
John H. Smith v. M/v Captain Fred, Her Engines, Boilers, Furniture, Gear, Tackle and Apparel, in Rem, John H. Smith v. Delta Iron Works, Inc. (5th Cir. 1977)
Zapico v. Bucyrus-Erie Co. (District Court, S.D. New York 1977)
Avondale Shipyards, Inc. v. Vessel Thomas E. Cuffe (United States District Court Eastern District of Louisiana 1977)
Dobbins v. Crain Bros. (3d Cir. 1977)
Dobbins v. Crain Brothers, Inc. (District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania 1976)
Salvatore A. Galimi v. Jetco, Inc., and Richard Moore, Jetco, Inc., Third-Party v. James Hodges, Third-Party and United States of America, Third-Party (2d Cir. 1975)
Thomas W. Griffith v. Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corporation and American Commercial Lines, Inc. (3d Cir. 1975)
Saus v. Delta Concrete Company (District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania 1974)
Burgess v. M/V Tamano (District Court, D. Maine 1974)
Santoy v. SHELL OIL COMPANY (United States District Court Eastern District of Louisiana 1974)

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Opinion

Per Curiam.

We granted certiorari to review the judgment of the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 442 F. 2d 694 (1971), affirming the judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of New York, 315 F. Supp. 357 (1970). 404 U. S. 909 (1971). We agree that in this noncollision admiralty case the District Court properly dismissed petitioner’s third-party complaint for contribution against respondent Erie on the authority of Halcyon Lines v. Haenn Ship Corp., 342 U. S. 282 (1952). The judgment of the Court of Appeals is therefore

Affirmed.

Mr. Justice Powell took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.

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