STATE OF LOUISIANA, ex rel. William J. GUSTE, Jr., Attorney General
v.
The M/V TESTBANK, etc., et als.
United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
May 31, 1983.
May 31, 1983.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
John J. Broders, Joseph W. McKearn, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., for State of La.
Thomas J. Grace, Theodore W. Brin, Courtenay, Forstall, Grace & Hebert, Walter J. Leger, Jr., Michael J. Mestayer, Leger & Mestayer, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs committee representing fishermen etc.
Francis J. Barry, Jr., Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs committee representing cargo claimants.
J. Dwight LeBlanc, Jr., Robert B. Fisher, Jr., Kenneth J. Servay, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, Warren Faris, J.Y. Gilmore, Jr., John M. Kops, Faris, Ellis, Cutrone & Gilmore, New Orleans, La., Courtney Wilder Statnton (of counsel), Jacksonville, Fla., for M/V Testbank.
Walter Carroll, Jr., Hugh Ramsey Straub, Jean Melancon, Terriberry, Carroll, Yancey & Farrell, New Orleans, La., for Fortune Sea Transp. Corp.
Donald R. Abaunza, Robert W. Booksh, Jr., Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, La., for Bank Line Ltd.
Maurice C. Hebert, Jr., George M. Legrande, Hebert & Abbott, C. Michael Winters, New Orleans, La., for Katy Stevedores.
H.F. Foster, III, Bienvenu, Foster, Ryan & O'Bannon, New Orleans, La., for Vulcan Materials Co.
John Poitevent, Poitevent & Acomb, New Orleans, La., for Dresser Minerals.
United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
BEER, District Judge.
This matter arises out of a collision between the M/V TESTBANK and the M/V SEADANIEL which occurred in the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet on July 22, 1980. As a result of the collision, certain cargo aboard the TESTBANK, including the chemical pentachlorophenol (PCP), was discharged into the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet. For a brief period following this spill, the waterway was closed to vessel...
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