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ROYAL INTEROCEAN LINES v. PANAMA CANAL CO.

Civ. No. 79-0316-B.

514 F.Supp. 472 (1981)

ROYAL INTEROCEAN LINES, as owner of the M/V Straat Hong Kong, Plaintiff, v. PANAMA CANAL COMPANY and M/V Oriental Commander, her engines, boilers, tackle, etc., Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Canal Zone, Balboa Division.

May 14, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David de C. Robles, DeCastro & Robles, Panama, Republic of Panama, for plaintiff.

Frank J. Violanti, U. S. Atty., D. Canal Zone, Balboa, Panama, William H. Beatty, Asst. U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., for defendant.

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.*

This matter came on trial before the Court. All material facts are stipulated by the parties. The only question of law presented to the Court is whether, under the circumstances of this case certain sections of the Canal Zone Code operate to raise the doctrine of sovereign immunity to thereby bar recovery of certain damages by Plaintiff, the owner of the M/V STRAAT HONG KONG, against Defendant, the Panama...

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