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BATON ROUGE COAL & TOWING CO. v. FEDERAL BARGE LINES, INC.

No. 634.

231 F.Supp. 926 (1964)

BATON ROUGE COAL & TOWING COMPANY v. FEDERAL BARGE LINES, INC. and The M/V AMERICA.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, Baton Rouge Division.

July 9, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Y. Gilmore, Jr., Faris, Ellis, Cutrone, Gilmore & Lautenschlaeger, New Orleans, La., for libelant.

Charles Kohlmeyer, Jr., Wayne S. Woody, Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, La., for respondent.

WEST, District Judge.

This libel, brought under the admiralty jurisdiction of this Court, results from the sinking of the M/V JOHN E. COON in the Mississippi River at the Port of Baton Rouge on March 29, 1962. The COON was owned by libelant, Baton Rouge Coal & Towing Company, who brings this libel alleging that the sinking of the COON resulted from the negligence of the M/V AMERICA, owned by respondent, Federal Barge Lines, Inc. The case was heard by this Court...

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