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OLIVER J. OLSON & CO. v. THE MARINE LEOPARD

Nos. 27332, 27376, 27412.

152 F.Supp. 197 (1957)

OLIVER J. OLSON & CO., a corporation, Libelant, v. THE American Steamship MARINE LEOPARD, etc., and Luckenbach Steamship Company, Inc., a corporation, Respondents. LUCKENBACH STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Inc., a corporation, Libelant, v. OLIVER J. OLSON & CO., a corporation, et al., Respondents. Matter of the Petition of OLIVER J. OLSON & CO., a corporation, for exoneration from, or limitation of, liability as owner and operator of THE Steamship HOWARD OLSON.

United States District Court N. D. California, S. D.

As Corrected June 27, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory A. Harrison, J. Stewart Harrison, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, Cal., for Oliver J. Olson & Co.

Norman B. Richards, McCutchen, Thomas, Matthew, Griffiths & Greene, San Francisco, Cal., George H. Hauerken, Hauerken, St. Clair & Viadro, San Francisco, Cal., for Marine Leopard Cargo.

Joseph J. Geary, Allan E. Charles, Willard G. Gilson, Lillick, Geary, Wheat, Adams & Charles, San Francisco, Cal., for Luckenbach S.S. Co., Inc.

HAMLIN, District Judge.

Approximately 2:19 A.M. on May 14, 1956, the freighter Marine Leopard collided with the lumber schooner Howard Olson in the Pacific Ocean, about three miles off the California Coast near Point Sur. A few minutes after the collision the Howard Olson sunk. The collision gave rise to a number of admiralty actions and three were consolidated for trial at this time for the purpose of determining fault...

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