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BUNGE CORP. v. AMERICAN COM. BARGE LINE CO.

Nos. 79-1646, 79-1647.

630 F.2d 1236 (1980)

BUNGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. AMERICAN COMMERCIAL BARGE LINE COMPANY and American Commercial Lines, Inc., Defendant-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 22, 1980.

As Amended October 7, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip T. Powers, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant, cross-appellee.

Michael A. Snyder, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees, cross-appellants.

Before FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge, PELL, Circuit Judge, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.

I.

PELL, Circuit Judge.

This is an action in admiralty. On June 13, 1974, a flotilla of nineteen loaded coal barges in tow of vessels owned by the defendant American Commercial Lines, Inc., collided with a grain handling facility in Cairo, Illinois, owned by plaintiff Bunge Corporation (Bunge).

The damaged structure was composed of a grain conveyor and supporting trestle on four towers. The first of these towers, which supported the trestle over...

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