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A/S D/S SVENDBORG v. PANAMA CANAL CO.

No. 79-2675 Summary Calendar.

612 F.2d 968 (1980)

A/S D/S SVENDBORG and D/S af 1912 A/S, as owners of the M/V MARGRETHE MAERSK, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. PANAMA CANAL COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 29, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Dunworth, Dwight A. McKabney, John L. Haines, Jr., Balboa Heights, Canal Zone, for defendant-appellant.

Walter Carroll, Jr., New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before RONEY, KRAVITCH and TATE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

The Panama Canal Company (Company) brings this interlocutory appeal challenging the denial of its motion to dismiss. The Company contends that C.Z. Code tit. 2, § 296 requires that an administrative claim be presented to it prior to the commencement of suit against it. The district court held there is no such requirement. We affirm.

While under the control of a Company pilot, and while in a lock of the Canal, the M/V MARGRETHE MAERSK was damaged...

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