NOONAN CONSTRUCTION CO. v. FEDERAL BARGE LINES, INC.

No. 71-1626 Summary Calendar.

453 F.2d 637 (1972)

NOONAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FEDERAL BARGE LINES, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants. PENSACOLA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FEDERAL BARGE LINES, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 17, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Kohlmeyer, Jr., William E. O'Neil, New Orleans, La., Emmett R. Cox, Mobile, Ala., for defendants-appellants; Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Matthews & Schumacher, New Orleans, La., of counsel.

James J. Duffy, Jr., John N. Leach, Jr., Mobile, Ala., for appellee Noonan Const. Co., Inc.; Inge, Twitty, Duffy & Prince, Mobile, Ala., of counsel.

Marion R. Vickers, Jr., Mobile, Ala., for cross-defendant-appellee, Ideal Basic Industries, Inc.; Vickers, Riis, Murray & Curran, Mobile, Ala., of counsel.

Alex F. Lankford, III, A. Clay Rankin, III, Mobile, Ala., for appellee, Pensacola Development Co., Inc.; Hand, Arendall, Bedsole, Greaves & Johnston, Mobile, Ala., of counsel.

Before BELL, AINSWORTH and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.


AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

These consolidated claims in admiralty arise out of the capsizing of a steel cement barge PDC-1, partially laden, in the Mobile River on August 16, 1966. The casualty occurred in a public fleeting area operated by Federal Barge Lines, Inc. The District Court entered judgment in favor of the barge and cargo interests and against Federal.1 The Court also denied relief to Federal on its counterclaim. Federal has...

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