McWilliams v. The Vim’s Empirical Analysis
12 F. 906 · 1882
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
August 1905
most recently cited
7 district ·
Relationships
Relies on The Carroll · The Scotia · Edward St John v. Zebulon a Paine
Most-quoted passages
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““If the vessel bound to keep her course might lawfully change it at some indefinite point within these limits after the other’s lights have become visible, except for special reasons under rule 24, then the other vessel, though bound to keep out of the way, could not, until that point were passed, shape her own course at all, except at the risk of being thwarted in her efforts to keep clear; and thus hesitation, uncertainty, and conflicting changes in navigation would be continued indefinitely within the limits of two miles, instead of that fixedness and certainty of action being secured, which is the evident object of the rules.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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