33 U.S.C. § 201
Section 201 · 201 to 213. Repealed. Pub. L. 96591, 8(a), Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3435
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Kernan v. American Dredging Co. (1958)
Most recently applied in Bourgeois v. Louisiana Power & Light Co. (May 1993)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Section 201, act June 7, 1897, ch. 4, 1, 30 Stat. 100, related to ascertainment of risk of collision. See section 2007 of this title. Section 202, act June 7, 1897, ch. 4, 1, 30 Stat. 100, related to sailing vessels approaching one another. See section 2012 of this title. Section 203, acts June 7, 1897, ch. 4, 1, 30 Stat. 100; Aug. 21, 1935, ch. 595, 2, 49 Stat. 669, related to steam vessels approaching, meeting, or passing one another. See section 2013 et seq. of this title. Section 204, act June 7, 1897, ch. 4, 1, 30 Stat. 101, related to steam vessels crossing. See section 2015 of this title. Section 205, acts June 7, 1897, ch. 4, 1, 30 Stat. 101; Nov. 5, 1966, Pub. L. 89–764, § 1, 80 Stat. 1313, related to steam and sailing vessels meeting. See section 2018 of this title. Section 206, act June 7, 1897, ch. 4, 1, 30 Stat. 101, provided that vessel having the right of way was to keep course. See section 2017 of this title. Section 207, act June 7, 1897, ch. 4, 1, 30 Stat. 101, related to situation when a vessel crosses ahead of a vessel having the right-of-way. See section 2015 of this title. Section 208, act June 7, 1897, ch. 4, 1, 30 Stat. 101, related to duty of steam vessels to slacken speed. See section 2006 of this title. Section 209, act June 7, 1897, ch. 4, 1, 30 Stat. 101, provided that an overtaking vessel keep out of the way and defined the term overtaking vessel. See section 2013 of this title. Section 210, acts June 7, 1897, ch. 4, 1, 30 Stat. 101; Nov. 5, 1966, Pub. L. 89–764, § 2, 80 Stat. 1313, related to operation of steam vessels in a narrow channel. See section 2009 of this title. Section 211, act June 7, 1897, ch. 4, 1, 30 Stat. 102, related to right of way of fishing vessels or boats. See section 2018 of this title. Section 212, act June 7, 1897, ch. 4, 1, 30 Stat. 102, provided for departure from the rules in special circumstances. See section 2002 of this title. Section 213, act June 7, 1897, ch. 4, 1, 30 Stat. 102, related to signal to be given that a vessels engines are going at full speed astern. See section 2034 of this title.