KINGSTON SHIPPING CO., INC. v. ROBERTS

No. 81-5343 Non-Argument Calendar.

667 F.2d 34 (1982)

In the Matter of the Complaint of KINGSTON SHIPPING CO., INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Jeanette ROBERTS, et al., Defendants, Polish Steamship Company, I. S. Joseph Shipping Co., Ltd., I. S. Joseph Co., Inc., Clipper Maritime Co., Ltd., Pell Nederland, B.V., Termar Navigation Co., Turbana Banana Corp., Gulfcoast Transit Co., ABC Containerline, N.V., Wallenius Rederierna & Motorship, Inc., A/B Helsingfors Steamships Co., Ltd., Alianza Naviera Argentina, S.A., Marthanassa Compania, Naviera, S.A., Navios Corp. & Oceanside, Ltd., Claimants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 4, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack C. Rinard, David F. Pope, Tampa, Fla., for Polish Steamship, Joseph Shipping, Joseph, Clipper, Nederland Termar Navigation, Turbana Corp. and Ultraocean.

Gregg D. Thomas, Tampa, Fla., for Gulfcoast.

Jerome V. Flanagan, Hoch, Flanagan & Snyder, Boston, Mass., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Dewey R. Villareal, Jr., Tampa, Fla., for Kingston Shipping Co., Inc. and Apex Marine Corp.

Walter C. Hartridge, Bohan, Williams & Levy, Savannah, Ga., for James T. Rovolis, Coleen R. Rovolis, Carmel D. Rovolis and George Ronald Rovolis, Sr.

Gregory J. Orcutt, Dixon, Lawson & Brown, Tampa, Fla., for Flores.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, JOHNSON and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Kingston Shipping Co., Inc., and Apex Marine Corp. filed an action in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida for "exoneration from or limitation of liability" growing out of a collision between the United States Coast Guard buoy tender BLACKTHORN and the S/S CAPRICORN that occurred in January 1980 in Tampa Bay. As a result of the collision, the BLACKTHORN sank in the main ship channel of the port of Tampa, blocking the channel...

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