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LEGNOS v. M/V OLGA JACOB

No. 73-2525.

498 F.2d 666 (1974)

George LEGNOS and John Gorman, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. M/V OLGA JACOB, her engines, tackle, etc., Schiffahrtsgesellschaft Jacob and Co., Claimant of the M/V Olga Jacob, Flensburger Dampfer-Compagnie, and United States of America, Appellees-Appellants, v. ELLER AND COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 22, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. Karcher, Miami, Fla., for Eller & Company.

John Briggs, U. S. Atty., Jacksonville, Fla., Oscar Blasingame, Asst. U. S. Atty., Tampa, Fla., Alfred Boudreau, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Admiralty & Shipping Section, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for U. S. A.

James A. Dixon, Jr., Miami, Fla., James O. Davis, Jr., Tampa, Fla., for George Legnos and John Gorman, Jr.

Morton Hollander, Ronald R. Glancz, Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, D. C., James F. Moseley, Jacksonville, Fla., for Flensburger Dampfer-Compagnie and others.

Dewey R. Villareal, Jr., Tampa, Fla., for Schiffahrtsgesellschaft.

Neil H. Koslowe, Atty., App. Section, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellees.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and TUTTLE and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 22, 1974.

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

Appellants Legnos and Gorman filed a complaint in rem against the M/V OLGA JACOB and in personam against the shipowner, the charterer, and the United States, as owner of the cargo seeking salvage award. The District Court found that the services rendered by the appellants in helping to extinguish a fire on board the M/V OLGA JACOB, did not entitle them to a salvage...

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