HARCON BARGE CO., INC. v. D & G BOAT RENTALS, INC.

No. 82-4584.

784 F.2d 665 (1986)

HARCON BARGE CO., INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. D & G BOAT RENTALS, INC., Defendant Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, and M/V CHARLES D, Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION CO., Third-Party Defendant, Appellant-Cross-Appellee. SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION CO., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. M/V I.C. HOSKINS, Her Engines, Boilers, Tackle, Etc., In Rem, Defendant-Appellee. SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION CO., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. M/V IBERVILLE, Her Engines, Boilers, Tackle, Etc., In Rem, et al., Defendants-Appellees. SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION CO., Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. M/V CHARLES D, Her Engines, Boilers, Tackle, Etc., In Rem, and D & G Boat Rentals, Inc., Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants. SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION CO., Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. M/V MARION HAGESTAD, et al., Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 12, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence J. Ernst, Christovich & Kearney, J. Warren Gardner, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Southern Pacific Transp. Co.

Larry S. Craig, Civil Div., Torts Branch, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for M/V Iberville, et al.

Cliffe E. Laborde, III, Lafayette, La., for Tidewater Venice.

Robert McCleskey, New Orleans, La., for M/V I.C. Hoskins and Smith Corp.

Donald King, New Orleans, La., for Marion Haagastad and King-Carol Barge Co.

Spivey Gault, Greenville, Miss., for M/V Charles D and Harcon Barge.

W. Gerald Gaudet, Lafayette, La., for D & G Boat Rentals.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, GEE, RUBIN, REAVLEY, POLITZ, TATE, JOHNSON, WILLIAMS, GARWOOD, JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, HILL, and JONES, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

ALVIN B. RUBIN and TATE, Circuit Judges:

Rule 59 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requires that a motion to alter or amend a district court judgment must be served within ten days from the entry of judgment. Rule 4(a)(4) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure provides than an appeal is premature if taken before the disposition of a timely-served motion to amend the district court's judgment, filed under Rule 59. Rule 4 does not apply...

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