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United States v. Reliable Transfer Co., Inc., 421 U.S. 397 (1975)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
United States v. Reliable Transfer Co., Inc., 421 U.S. 397 (1975)
United States v. Reliable Transfer Co., Inc. No. 74-363 Argued March 19, 1975 Decided May 19, 1975 421 U.S. 397
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
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The admiralty rule of divided damages, whereby the property damage in a maritime collision or stranding is equally divided whenever two or more parties involved are found to be guilty of contributory fault, regardless of the relative degree of their fault, held replaced by a rule requiring liability for such damage to be allocated among the parties proportionately to the comparative degree of their fault, and to be allocated equally only when the parties are equally at fault or when it is not possible fairly to measure the comparative degree of their fault. Pp. 401-411.
497 F.2d 1036, vacated and remanded.
STEWART, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," United States v. Reliable Transfer Co., Inc., 421 U.S. 397 (1975) in 421 U.S. 397 Original Sources, accessed May 19, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=HYEEWHFMVV3AAPA.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." United States v. Reliable Transfer Co., Inc., 421 U.S. 397 (1975), in 421 U.S. 397, Original Sources. 19 May. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=HYEEWHFMVV3AAPA.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in United States v. Reliable Transfer Co., Inc., 421 U.S. 397 (1975). cited in 1975, 421 U.S. 397. Original Sources, retrieved 19 May 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=HYEEWHFMVV3AAPA.
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