MOVIBLE OFFSHORE, INC. v. M/V WILKEN A. FALGOUT

No. 72-1979.

471 F.2d 268 (1973)

MOVIBLE OFFSHORE, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The M/V WILKEN A. FALGOUT, her engines, tackle, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees, Gulf and South American Steamship Co., Inc., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 4, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred M. Farrell, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Gulf & South American Steamship Co., Inc.

John Poitevent, New Orleans, La., for Movible Offshore, Inc.

George B. Matthews, James H. Daigle, New Orleans, La., for The M/V Wilken A. Falgout.

Before RIVES, THORNBERRY and GOLDBERG, Circuit Judges.


GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

This admiralty case arises from a late night collision on the Mississippi River below New Orleans in the proximity of Bolivar Point, Mile 22. The damage claims of all interested parties were presented in a single action filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. That court, sitting without a jury, entered findings of fact and conclusions of law and rendered a...

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