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UNITED STATES v. SORIANO

Nos. 20266, 20129, 20130.

366 F.2d 699 (1966)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Dewey SORIANO, Appellee. PETITION of AMERICAN MAIL LINE LTD., a corporation, owner pro hac vice of the AMERICAN OIL SCREW ISLAND MAIL, Official No. 421157, for exoneration of liability et al. UNITED PACIFIC INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 8, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. N. Goodwin, U. S. Atty., Seattle, Wash., John F. Meadows, Atty. in Charge, Henry Haugen, Sp. Atty., Admiralty & Shipping Sec., Dept. of Justice, San Francisco, Cal., for the United States.

Lane, Powell, Moss & Miller, Jones, Grey, Kehoe, Hooper & Olsen, Martin P. Detels, Jr., Harry B. Jones, Jr., Seattle, Wash., Joseph J. Magrath, Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, for appellants United Pacific Ins. Co. and others.

Charles B. Howard, Richard W. Buchanan, Summers, Howard & LeGros, Seattle, Wash., for appellee, Dewey Soriano.

Stanley B. Long, Edward C. Biele, Bogle, Gates, Dobrin, Wakefield & Long, Seattle, Wash., for appellee, American Mail Line Ltd.

Before HAMLEY and JERTBERG, Circuit Judges, and THOMPSON, District Judge.

Rehearing Denied in Nos. 20266, 20130, November 8, 1966.

HAMLEY, Circuit Judge:

The above-entitled cases, consolidated for trial and appeal, are part of the extensive litigation spawned by a marine casualty which occurred on May 29, 1961. On the afternoon of that day the cargo vessel M/V ISLAND MAIL was proceeding north through Puget Sound and the eastern portion of the Straits of Juan de Fuca, en route from Seattle to Bellingham, Washington. The vessel struck...

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