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PETITION OF UNITED STATES

No. 1521.

212 F.Supp. 214 (1962)

Petition of the UNITED STATES of America, Represented by INLAND WATERWAYS CORPORATION, a Government Agency; and, the Inland Waterways Corporation, a Government Agency, Wholly Owned by the United States, Created by Act of Congress as a Corporation of the District of Columbia, the Documented Owner of the RIVER TOWBOAT NATCHEZ, for Exoneration From, and/or Limitation of Liability.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

December 28, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen Ruddell, Asst. U. S. Atty., New Orleans, La., Leavenworth, Colby, Chief, Admiralty & Shipping Section, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., for petitioners.

Kierr & Gainsburgh, Raymond H. Kierr, New Orleans, La., for claimants.

AINSWORTH, District Judge.

Petitioners, the United States of America and the Inland Waterways Corporation, a wholly owned Government agency created by Act of Congress, have filed a motion pursuant to Rule 58 of the Admiralty Rules of Practice for summary judgment, dismissing all of the several claims for death or injury made by several claimants herein as a result of a disaster which occurred on March 4, 1948. On that...

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