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UNITED STATES v. GISSEL

No. 73-2829.

493 F.2d 27 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leola Studdert GISSEL, Executrix of the Estate of Julius Schutze Gissel, et al., Defendants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. C. J. THIBODEAUX AND COMPANY and the Travelers Indemnity Company, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 26, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Julian, Houston, Tex., for C. J. Thibodeaux & Co., et al.

Alan S. Dale, Houston, Tex., for Leola S. Gissel.

Jack Shepherd, Asst. U. S. Atty., Anthony J. P. Farris, U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., Morton Hollander, Chief, Appellate Sec., Civ. Div., Lawrence F. Ledebur, Chief, Admiralty & Shipping Section, Robert E. Kopp, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Charles B. Wolfe, Asst. U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge, and BELL and GEE, Circuit Judges.

ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge:

These are two consolidated actions arising out of the bankruptcy and the consequent failure of the owners of an American vessel, the S. S. SEA PIONEER, to pay customs duties imposed by virtue of 19 U.S.C. § 2571 on entry following repairs made in a foreign country. Defendants Gissel and Thibodeaux,2 are so-called berthing agents whose business it is to make arrangements for...

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