UNITED STATES v. CENTRAL GULF STEAMSHIP CORPORATION

Nos. 7526, 7734.

321 F.Supp. 945 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. CENTRAL GULF STEAMSHIP CORPORATION, a corporation, and Robert H. Wall, Inc., a corporation, Defendants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. ROBERT H. WALL, INC., a corporation, and Central Gulf Steamship Corporation, a corporation, Defendants.

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

October 23, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony W. Gross, Atty., Admiralty and Shipping Section, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

John R. Peters, Jr., Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., for defendants.


CASSIBRY, District Judge:

The pleadings in these two consolidated cases, in all material respects, are identical. For the purpose of obtaining jurisdiction over the defendants, plaintiff commenced two separate but similar actions, one in this court and one in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. In both suits, the United States seeks to recover from Central Gulf Steamship Corporation and Robert H. Wall, Inc., for damages it suffered due to...

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