A/R SELJAN v. PIONEER LEASING CORP. ET AL.

No. 26095.

406 F.2d 768 (1969)

A/R SELJAN, Paul Jebsen and M/V STOLT SILDRA, Appellants, v. PIONEER LEASING CORP. et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 5, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. D. McKinney, Houston, Tex., for appellants; Baker, Botts, Shepherd & Coates, Houston, Tex., of counsel.

James E. Ross, Blades, Crain, Slator, Winters & Ross, Gus A. Schill, Jr., Carl O. Bue, Jr., Royston, Rayzor & Cook, Houston, Tex., for appellees; Alfred L. Deaton III, Houston, Tex., of counsel.

Before GOLDBERG and MORGAN, Circuit Judges, and LIEB, Judge.


PER CURIAM:

This is an interlocutory appeal from the District Court's determination of liability in a marine collision which occurred at Lynchburg Bend in the Houston Ship Channel. The factual and legal issues center on the actions of three vessels: the outbound M/V GEORGIA GIRL (a tug pushing two barges carrying fertilizer), the outbound M/V STOLT SILDRA (a loaded tanker), and the inbound SS EVILIZ (a dry cargo vessel). Through a misunderstanding of whistle signals...

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