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DUQUE & DUARTE, INC. v. GEOPHYSICAL SERVICE, INC.

No. 25733.

401 F.2d 496 (1968)

DUQUE & DUARTE, INC., Claimant of F/V CHRISSY & KATHY, her engines, tackle, apparel, etc., Appellant, v. GEOPHYSICAL SERVICE, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 9, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Barnett, Houston, Tex., Ellis & Andrews, Aransas Pass, Tex., for appellant, Talbert, Giessel, Barnett & Stone, Houston, Tex., of counsel.

James E. Ross, Blades, Crain, Slator, Winters & Ross, Houston, Tex., for appellee.

Before BELL and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges, and ROBERTS, District Judge.

Rehearing En Banc Denied December 9, 1968.

GRIFFIN B. BELL, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is from a decree awarding damages against appellant, the claimant of the F/V CHRISSY & KATHY, a shrimp trawler, based on negligence in colliding with a seismic cable, owned by Geophysical Services, Inc., and being towed underwater by the M/V PACIFIC SEAL. The circumstances giving rise to the collision, taken in light of the applicable law, adequately sustain the findings...

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