Caltex Oil (Australia) Pty Ltd v the Dredge Willemstad
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Neutral Citation | 1976-1209 HCA B,[1976] HCA 65 |
| Date | 1976 |
| Year | 1976 |
| Court | High Court |
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