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STEUART INVESTMENT CO. v. BAUER DREDGING CONST. CO.

Civ. A. No. 70-700-N.

323 F.Supp. 907 (1971)

STEUART INVESTMENT COMPANY and Steuart Petroleum Company, Bodies Corporate, v. BAUER DREDGING CONSTRUCTION CO., Inc., a body corporate, and TUG ADOLPH MALCHAR, her engines, apparel, tackle and furniture, and Barge FUEL BARGE #640, her apparel, tackle and furniture.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

March 12, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. B. Ewers, Baltimore, Md., for plaintiffs.

Alva P. Weaver, III, Baltimore, Md., for defendants.

NORTHROP, Chief Judge.

This is a case under Admiralty and Maritime jurisdiction concerning the Bauer Dredging Construction Co., Inc., a Texas corporation, and the Steuart Petroleum Company and Steuart Investment Company, both Delaware corporations. Plaintiffs have moved to strike an affirmative defense raising the applicability of 46 U.S.C. §§ 183-189 limiting an owner's liability in a ship collision case to the value of the vessel involved.

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