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COLORIFICIO ITALIANO MAX MEYER, S.P.A. v. S/S HELLENIC WAVE

No. 27693 Summary Calendar.

419 F.2d 223 (1969)

COLORIFICIO ITALIANO MAX MEYER, S.P.A., and NYMCO, S.P.A., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. S/S HELLENIC WAVE, her engines, tackle, apparel, furniture, etc., and Hellenic Lines Limited and Hansen & Tidemann, Inc., Defendants-Appellees, v. SUPERINTENDENCE COMPANY, INC., Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

November 19, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rene S. Paysse, Leach, Grossel-Rossi & Paysse, New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Harry S. Redmon, Jr., Charles Kohlmeyer, Jr., Dando B. Cellini, Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Matthews & Schumacher, New Orleans, La., for appellee Superintendence Co., Inc.

Before GEWIN, DYER and CARSWELL, Circuit Judges.

CARSWELL, Circuit Judge:

This case presents a very narrow issue of admissibility of evidence in an admiralty case.1 We conclude that the district court did not err in excluding appellants' proffer of certain survey reports and a chemical analysis. All of these documents were prepared in Genoa, Italy, and the authors were not before the court. Appellant concedes that the proffer was entirely hearsay, but urges that it was an abuse of the...

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