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ZAPATA MARINE SERVICE v. O/Y FINNLINES, LTD.

No. 76-2646.

571 F.2d 208 (1978)

ZAPATA MARINE SERVICE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. O/Y FINNLINES, LTD., and the M/V FINNTRADER, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 3, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph D. Cheavens, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Gus A. Schill, Jr., E. D. Vickery, Houston, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before THORNBERRY, AINSWORTH and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This case presents a question of the interpretation of a forum-selection clause in an agreement negotiated between the owners of two ships after the vessels had been involved in a collision on the high seas. The District Court for the Southern District of Texas dismissed the case relying primarily on M/S BREMEN v. Zapata Offshore Company, 407 U.S. 1, 92 S.Ct. 1907, 32 L.Ed.2d 513 (1972). For the reasons set out below...

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