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IN RE INTERNATIONAL MARINE DEVELOPMENT CORP.

Civ. A. Nos. 3878, 3879 and 3992.

328 F.Supp. 1316 (1971)

In the Matter of the Complaint and Petition of INTERNATIONAL MARINE DEVELOPMENT CORP., a Liberian Corp., as Owners of the SS HULDA, in a Cause of Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability, Civil and Maritime. In the Matter of the Complaint and Petition of ONEIDA STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Inc., a New York Corp., as Owners of the SS SILVER HAWK, in a Cause of Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability, Civil and Maritime. In the Matter of the Complaint and Petition of the UNITED STATES of America, as Owners of the SS ALAMO VICTORY, for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability.

United States District Court, S. D. Mississippi, S. D.

May 21, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. S. Ned Nelson, Pascagoula, Miss., George Wood, Mobile, Ala., for petitioners in Nos. 3878 and 3879.

Robert E. Hauberg, U. S. Atty., Jackson, Miss., Percy R. Peck, Maritime Administration, Thomas L. Jones, Admiralty & Shipping Section, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for petitioner in No. 3992.

C. W. Ford, Pascagoula, Miss., for claimant in No. 3878.

Robert C. Galloway, Gulfport, Miss., James W. Mehaffy, Beaumont, Tex., Robert Milner, Jr., Gulfport, Miss., for claimant in No. 3879.

A. S. Johnston, II, Biloxi, Miss., John S. Morris, Gulfport, Miss., for claimants in all actions.

T. Glover Roberts, Gulfport, Miss., E. S. Ned Nelson, Pascagoula, Miss., for claimant in No. 3992.

Robert E. Hauberg, U. S. Atty., Jackson, Miss., Thomas L. Jones, Admiralty & Shipping Section, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for claimants in Nos. 3878, 3879.

Robert E. Meshel, New York City, for claimants.

NIXON, District Judge.

FINDINGS OF FACT

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These three consolidated actions arose out of Hurricane Camille which struck the Port of Gulfport, Mississippi on the night of August 17 and the early morning of August 18, 1969. The various claimants except India Supply Mission, cargo owner aboard the HULDA, in each of these three actions which were tried to the Court contend that the owners of the SS HULDA, SS SILVER HAWK and SS ALAMO VICTORY were liable...

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