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UNITED STATES v. S/S HELENA

Civ. A. Nos. 68-2250, 68-2254, 68-2243.

295 F.Supp. 610 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. S/S HELENA, her engines, boilers, tackle and appurtenances, etc., in rem, and Progressive Mariners S. A., Sincere Navigation Corp., and ABC Insurance Company and XYZ Insurance Company, Defendants. In the Matter of the Complaint of SINCERE NAVIGATION CORP. as Owner of the S/S Helena, for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability, Petitioner. Dorothy DIETZ, Wife of and Ramon J. Gutierrez, Plaintiffs, v. S. S. HELENA, Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

January 6, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Carriere, Asst. U. S. Atty., Michael Cohen, Dept. of Justice Admiralty Section, Washington, D. C., for United States of America.

Warren M. Faris, New Orleans, La., for The S/S Helena and Sincere Navigation Corporation.

S. E. Gutierrez, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Dorothy Dietz and Ramon J. Gutierrez.

George A. Frilot, III, New Orleans, La., for Mrs. Linda Dale Jacks and Mrs. Myrlon Mina Lundquist.

RULING ON MOTIONS TO VACATE SEIZURE AND INCREASE SECURITY

RUBIN, District Judge:

On December 7, 1968, at 6:29 p. m., there was a collision between the S/S HELENA and a Coast Guard buoy-tender, the WHITE ALDER, in the Mississippi River near White Castle, Louisiana. The WHITE ALDER sank, and only three men of her crew of twenty were rescued.

On December 9, the parents of Ramon J. Gutierrez, Jr., one of...

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