CREOLE SHIPPING, LTD. v. DIAMANDIS PATERAS, LTD.

No. 76-4307 Summary Calendar.

554 F.2d 1348 (1977)

CREOLE SHIPPING, LTD., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DIAMANDIS PATERAS, LTD., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 30, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney H. Schell, Mobile, Ala., for defendants-appellants.

Alex F. Lankford, III, Mobile, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GOLDBERG, CLARK and FAY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This admiralty action stems from a February 8, 1975 accident on the Mobile River. Plaintiff's vessel, the Pyramid Veteran, was moored. The defendant's vessel, the Panagos D. Pateras, was proceeding up the river. It was a large vessel fully loaded with manganese ore. The particular circumstances required the Pateras to pass near the Pyramid Veteran and presented the prospect of a large degree of hydraulic suction, the phenomenon created by a large vessel...

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