tug
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 79 U.S. 31 - The Maria Martin · 1870Most cited · 115 citing opinions
navigational responsibility for tow
Whenever the tug is under the charge of her own master and crew, and in the usual and ordinary course of her employment undertakes to transport another vessel, which for the time being has neither her master nor crew on board, from one point to another, over waters where such accessory motive power is necessary, or usually employed, she is legally responsible for the navigation of both vessels.
How often courts cite the case defining “tug”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “tug” — 113 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.