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STATE OF LA. EX REL. GUSTE v. M/V TESTBANK

No. 82-3059.

728 F.2d 748 (1984)

STATE OF LOUISIANA, ex rel. William J. GUSTE, Jr., Attorney General, et al., Plaintiffs, Ventura Trading Co., Limited, Inc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The M/V TESTBANK, Her Engines, Tackle and Apparel, Her Owners, Etc., et al., Defendants, Partenreederei M/S Charlotta, Etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Opinion on Granting of Rehearing May 14, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gelpi, Sullivan, Carroll & Laborde, Christopher A. Helms, Gerard T. Gelpi, New Orleans, La., for Ventura et al.

Sidney D. Torres, III, Kenneth B. Krobert, Chalmette, La., for Gulf Outlet et al.

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, James B. Kemp, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Farrell Lines, Inc.

Leger & Mestayer, Walter J. Leger, Jr., Courtenay, Forstall, Grace & Hebert, Thomas J. Grace, Theodore W. Brin, New Orleans, La., for Plaintiffs' Committee.

Farris, Ellis, Cutrone & Gilmore, Patrick L. Burke, Jr., J. Dwight LeBlanc, Kenneth J. Servay, Robert B. Fisher, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Partenreederei.

Walter Carroll, Jr., Jean Melancon, New Orleans, La., for Fortune Sea and London Steamship.

Before WISDOM, REAVLEY and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

Opinion on Granting of Rehearing En Banc May 14, 1984.

PER CURIAM:

I.

On July 22, 1980, the M/V SEA DANIEL collided with the M/V TESTBANK in the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet. This collision resulted in the spillage of a large quantity of highly toxic chemicals that were being carried aboard the TESTBANK. Because of the spillage, federal and state authorities closed off a large area of the Outlet and nearby waterways to navigation and commercial...

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