THE SEVERANCE

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Middleton, of New York City (Hill, Rivkins & Middleton, of New York City, and Louis J. Poisson, of Wilmington, N. C., on the brief), for appellant Texas Gulf Sulphur Company, Inc.

George Rountree, Jr., of Wilmington, N. C., and Gerald J. McKernan, of New York City (Rountree & Rountree, of Wilmington, N. C., and Macklin, Brown, Lenahan & Speer of New York City, on the brief), for appellant Diamond Steamship Transportation Corporation, Inc.

John W. Oast, Jr., of Norfolk, Va. (Carr, James & Carr and Murray G. James, all of Wilmington, N. C., on the brief), for appellees.

Before SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges, and HARRY E. WATKINS, District Judge.