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BARROIS v. NELDA FAYE, INC.

No. 77-1759.

597 F.2d 881 (1979)

Louis J. BARROIS, Sr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NELDA FAYE, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 21, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Wysocki, Jerome M. Volk, New Orleans, La., Shirley Ann Basile (of counsel), New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Arden J. Lea, Carl J. Hebert, James H. Roussel, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, AINSWORTH and DYER, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

In this case we again face the problem of choosing which statutory limitation period should appropriately be applied to determine whether laches bars a particular admiralty action.1 The appellants—Louis and Adorina Barrois and Andrew and Dolia Billiot—filed a claim on December 2, 1975, for injuries they allegedly sustained on December 2, 1972, when their pleasure craft collided with defendant's...

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