WELLINGTON TRANSPORTATION COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

No. 72-1955.

481 F.2d 108 (1973)

WELLINGTON TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

June 27, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Fleury, Foster, Meadows & Ballard, Detroit, Mich., on brief, for plaintiff-appellant.

Ralph B. Guy, Jr., U. S. Atty., Detroit, Mich., Allen Van Emmerik, Admiralty & Shipping Section Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Harlington Wood, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Walter H. Fleischer, Stanton R. Koppel, Attys. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on brief for defendant-appellee.

Before CELEBREZZE, MILLER and LIVELY, Circuit Judges.


CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the District Court's entry of judgment for Defendant-Appellee, the United States, in an admiralty suit under 46 U.S.C. § 781 in which a shipowner sought indemnity for attorney fees and litigation expenses incurred in successfully defending against an earlier state court action brought against the shipowner by an injured Coast Guardsman. Appellant shipowner also sought to recover damages sustained by its ship and...

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