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UNITED STATES v. CENTRAL GULF STEAMSHIP CORP.

No. 72-2941.

517 F.2d 687 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CENTRAL GULF STEAMSHIP CORPORATION and Robert H. Wall, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ROBERT H. WALL, INC., and Central Gulf Steamship Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 26, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald J. Gallinghouse, U. S. Atty., John R. Schupp, Asst. U. S. Atty., New Orleans, La., Anthony W. Gross, Admiralty & Shipping Section, Dept. of Justice, Ronald R. Glancz, Walter H. Fleischer, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the U. S.

Robert R. Acomb, Jr., John R. Peters, Jr., New Orleans, La., Ragan & Mason, Washington, D. C., for defendants-appellees.

Before RIVES, GOLDBERG and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Shipments of wheat flour through southern ports sometimes become infested by various species of weevils, and responsibility for the resulting damage often depends upon whether the shipper or the carrier must bear the burden of proof.1 The present appeal was argued and submitted March 14, 1973, three weeks after another panel of the Court had heard United States v. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., supra. Decision of this appeal...

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