United States Eighth Circuit
UNION PAC. R.R. CO. v. KIRBY INLAND MARINE, INC., 01-3334
A Truman-Hobbs Act finding by the Coast Guard, that a bridge is an unreasonable obstruction to navigation, does not render inapplicable the presumption that negligence of a barge crew was the cause of a collision between a stationary bridge and a moving vessel.
Appellate Information
- Decided 07/11/2002
- Published 07/12/2002
Judges
- NANGLE, Senior District Judge., Before BOWMAN, BYE, Circuit Judges, and NANGLE, Senior District Judge.
Court
- United States Eighth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Bruce E. Johnson, argued, Des Moines, IA, for appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Steven B. Belgrade, argued, Chicago, IL (Richard P. Girzadas, on the brief), for appellee.