AMOCO TRANSPORT CO. v. S/S MASON LYKES

No. 83-2219.

768 F.2d 659 (1985)

AMOCO TRANSPORT COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. S/S MASON LYKES, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees, v. CUMBERLAND MARKETING INTERNATIONAL, INC., et al., Intervenors-Appellants. NORTHWESTERN NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMOCO TRANSPORT CO., etc., Defendant Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee, Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Appellee. CHINA STEEL CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. M/V MASON LYKES, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 16, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John K. Meyer, Houston, Tex., for Cumberland, Buhrke, Harnischfeger, Hyundai & China Steel.

John Eric Olson, New York City, for China Steel.

John R. Pearson, Houston, Tex., and Donald M. Waesche, New York City, for Northwestern & Tokio.

Joseph Newton, Houston, Tex., for Amoco.

Samuel B. Kent, Galveston, Tex., for S/S Mason Lykes & Lykes Bros.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, RUBIN and POLITZ, Circuit Judges.


POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

The owners and insurers of cargo aboard the S/S MASON LYKES appeal the judgment of the district court, 550 F.Supp. 1264, denying recovery for a duplication of freight charges incurred as a result of a collision between the S/S MASON LYKES and the M/V AMOCO CREMONA. Concluding that the cargo interests have asserted valid claims against both Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc. and Amoco Transport Co., we reverse...

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