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Bisso v. Inland Waterways Corp., 349 U.S. 85 (1955)
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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.
Bisso v. Inland Waterways Corp., 349 U.S. 85 (1955)
Bisso v. Inland Waterways Corporation No. 50 Argued February 28, 1955 Decided May 16, 1955 349 U.S. 85
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
Syllabus
1. A towboat owner may not validly contract against all liability for his own negligent towage. Pp. 85-95.
(a) This Court now accepts as controlling a judicial rule, based on public policy, which invalidates contracts releasing towers from all liability for their negligence. P. 90.
(b) The Steamer Syracuse, 12 Wall. 167, and The Wash Gray, 277 U.S. 66, followed. Pp. 86-92.
(c) Sun Oil Co. v. Dalzell Towing Co., 287 U.S. 291, distinguished. Pp. 92-94.
2. The rule against contractual exemption of a towboat owner from responsibility for his own negligence cannot be defeated by providing in a contract that all employees of a towboat shall be employees of the towed vessel, when the latter "employment" is purely a fiction. Pp. 94-95.
211 F.2d 401 reversed.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Bisso v. Inland Waterways Corp., 349 U.S. 85 (1955) in 349 U.S. 85 Original Sources, accessed November 25, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=7L73QMPM1CJ4H2K.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Bisso v. Inland Waterways Corp., 349 U.S. 85 (1955), in 349 U.S. 85, Original Sources. 25 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=7L73QMPM1CJ4H2K.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Bisso v. Inland Waterways Corp., 349 U.S. 85 (1955). cited in 1955, 349 U.S. 85. Original Sources, retrieved 25 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=7L73QMPM1CJ4H2K.
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