COMPANIA GALEANA, S. A. v. MOTOR VESSEL, ETC.

No. 77-2269 Summary Calendar.

565 F.2d 358 (1978)

COMPANIA GALEANA, S. A., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The MOTOR VESSEL CARIBBEAN MARA, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees, Captain Antonios Tantoulas, master of S. S. FLORIDA STATE, Claimant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 1, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dionysios Spyronoulas, New York City, for claimant-appellant.

Donald A. Gifford, Tampa, Fla., Brendan P. O'Sullivan, Tampa, Fla., for Compania Galeana, S. A.

Before THORNBERRY, RONEY and HILL, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

On February 27, 1974, the S.S. FLORIDA STATE, en route from Tampa, Florida, to Tampico, Mexico, sighted the abandoned M/V CARIBBEAN MARA ablaze on the high seas. The FLORIDA STATE's crew boarded the vessel, extinguished the fires, and towed her back to Tampa.

Captain Antonios Tantoulas, the master of the FLORIDA STATE, appeals a court-approved salvage settlement, contending that the settlement, having been approved without his consent, is not binding...

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