UNION BARGE LINE CORP. v. MARBLE CLIFF QUARRIES CO.

Civ. A. Nos. 73-17-CH, 73-108-CH, 73-69-CH and 73-132-CH.

374 F.Supp. 834 (1974)

UNION BARGE LINE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. The MARBLE CLIFF QUARRIES CO. et al., Defendants, v. Foster BURDETTE et al., Third-Party Defendants. Lewis B. RAINES, Plaintiff, v. BURDETTE ASPHALT, INC., et al., Defendants. RESERVE TRANSPORTATION CO., Plaintiff, v. BURDETTE ASPHALT, INC., et al., Defendants. TRI-STATE MATERIALS CORP., Plaintiff, v. Foster BURDETTE et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. West Virginia, Charleston Division.

April 24, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul N. Bowles, Charles M. Love, III, Stone Bowles, Kauffelt & McDavid, Charleston, W. Va., and Charles Kohlmeyer, Jr., E. Jack Green, Jr., Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Matthews & Schumacher, New Orleans, La., for Union Barge Line Corp.

Steven L. Miller, Kay, Casto & Chaney, Charleston, W. Va., for the Marble Cliff Quarries Co., Black Rock Contracting, Inc., Miles T. Epling Co., and Lewis B. Raines.

David D. Johnson, Charles Q. Gage, Jackson, Kelly, Holt & O'Farrell, Charleston, W. Va., for Tri-State Materials Corp.

Steven L. Miller, Kay, Casto & Chaney, Charleston, W. Va., and John C. Shepherd, Coburn, Croft, Shepherd & Herzog, St. Louis, Mo., for Reserve Transportation Co.

Charles M. Love, Jr., David A. Faber, Campbell, Love, Woodroe & Kizer, Charleston, W. Va., for The Ohio River Co.

Charles E. Hurt, Charleston, W. Va., for Burdette Asphalt, Inc., Foster Burdette, Freda B. Larch and L. G. Burdette.


MEMORANDUM ORDER

K. K. HALL, District Judge.

The primary question presented in this case is whether the prejudgment garnishment statute in West Virginia as applied in this federal court proceeding pursuant to Rule 64, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, violates the due process clause of the fifth amendment to the Constitution of the United States. On April 28, 1972, plaintiff1 sued defendant in admiralty to recover for damages...

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