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BOARD OF COM'RS, PORT OF N. O. v. GYPSUM TRANSP., LTD.

No. 4506.

263 So.2d 385 (1972)

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF the PORT OF NEW ORLEANS, an Agency of the State of Louisiana v. GYPSUM TRANSPORTATION, LIMITED, and Crescent Towing and Salvage Company, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 5, 1972.

Writ Refused September 27, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, Cornelius G. Van Dalen, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Burke, Toler & Sarpy, Paul A. Nalty, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Before LEMMON, GULOTTA and STOULIG, JJ.

LEMMON, Judge.

This is an admiralty case brought in State Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1333, the Savings to Suitors Clause.

The Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans (Dock Board) owned, operated and maintained the Gentilly (L & N Railroad Crossing) Bridge across the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (Industrial Canal), which waterway was also owned, operated and maintained by the Board. On December 20, 1965, the M/V Gypsum Queen, owned by...

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