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WEST v. M/V COAN RIVER

Civ. A. No. 144-69-NN.

312 F.Supp. 1038 (1970)

John W. WEST, Plaintiff, v. M/V COAN RIVER, Official No. 8287038, her boats, engines, tackle, apparel, etc., W. M. Hogge, 138 Normandy Lane, Newport News, Virginia, individually and as Master of the M/V COAN RIVER, M/V PAGAN, her boats, engines, tackle, apparel, etc., H. N. Sadley, Battery Park, Virginia, individually and as Master of the M/V Pagan, Harry Minga, Rescue, Virginia, individually and as Mate of the M/V Pagan, M/V GLAMOUR GIRL, Official No. 242442, her boats, engines, tackle, apparel, etc., D. R. Minga, Rescue, Virginia, individually and as Master of the M/V Glamour Girl, and J. T. Watkins, Rescue, Virginia, individually and as Mate of the M/V Glamour Girl, Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Virginia, Newport News Division.

March 31, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burt M. Morewitz, Newport News, Va., for plaintiff.

Charles F. Tucker, Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, Va., for defendants.

OPINION

KELLAM, District Judge.

Pursuant to the provisions of Title 28 § 1916 U.S.C., plaintiff filed this "admiralty or maritime claim within the meaning of Rule 9(h)" of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, asserting that "this suit is brought under [Title] 46 U.S.C. [Section] 688, * * * under the General Maritime Law of the United States, and under any other treaty or convention, statute or law applicable" to the facts of the case.

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