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IN RE MARINE LEASING SERVICES, INC.

No. 71-3352.

471 F.2d 255 (1973)

In the Matter of MARINE LEASING SERVICES, INC., and Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, Praying for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant-Cross Appellee, v. PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS COMPANY et al., Appellees-Cross Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 8, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald J. Gallinghouse, U. S. Atty., New Orleans, La., Anthony W. Gross, Admiralty & Shipping Section, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Robert B. Acomb, Jr., George A. Frilot, III, J. Y. Gilmore, Jr., H. Barton Williams, Brunswick G. Deutsch, New Orleans, La., David F. Kaliner, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees.

Before GEWIN, SIMPSON and RONEY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Among numerous barges, tugboats and other vessels lost or sunk in the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, by the destructive force of Hurricane Betsy, September 10, 1965, was the Barge, MTC-602, loaded with 600 tons of liquid chlorine.

This appeal arises from extensive proceedings below which originated in a petition for exoneration from or limitation of liability

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