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GLOBE SEAWAYS, INC. v. PANAMA CANAL COMPANY

No. 74-1654.

509 F.2d 969 (1975)

GLOBE SEAWAYS, INC., as owner of S/T REBECCA, and as bailee of the cargo laden thereon, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PANAMA CANAL COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 17, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl R. McMillin, Dwight A. McKabney, Balboa Heights, Canal Zone, for defendant-appellant.

Woodrow de Castro, Balboa, Canal Zone, Max Taylor, New York City, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TUTTLE, WISDOM and GOLDBERG, Circuit Judges.

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

On May 14, 1967, plaintiff-appellee Globe Seaways' [Globe's] 50,000-ton tanker REBECCA was damaged while negotiating the Miraflores Locks on the Panama Canal. The district court found that neither Globe nor defendant-appellant Panama Canal Company [Canal Company], the United States Government agency which operates the Canal,1 was negligent. In those circumstances the court...

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