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HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANY v. BELL MARINE SERVICE, INC.

No. 20132.

321 F.2d 53 (1963)

HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANY and Cargo Carriers, Inc., Appellants, v. BELL MARINE SERVICE, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

July 26, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Newton, James K. Nance, Houston, Tex., Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman, Bates & Jaworski, Houston, Tex., Richard H. Brown, Jr., Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York City, of counsel, for appellants.

John K. Meyer, Hinds & Meyer, Houston, Tex., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, GEWIN, and BELL, Circuit Judges.

GRIFFIN B. BELL, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from the denial by the District Court of motions of claimants to transfer a limitation of liability proceeding1 from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana under Admiralty Rule 54. This rule, in pertinent part, provides:

"* * * The District Court may, in its discretion, transfer...

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