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GOLDEN PANAGIA S.S., INC. v. PANAMA CANAL COM'N

Nos. 83-3186, 85-3168.

791 F.2d 1191 (1986)

GOLDEN PANAGIA STEAMSHIP, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION and the United States of America, Defendants-Appellees. GOLDEN PANAGIA STEAMSHIP, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 13, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Gordon Starling, Jr., Gelpi, Sullivan, Carroll & LaBorde, Gerard T. Gelpi, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

William F. Baity, Asst. U.S. Atty., John P. Volz, U.S. Atty., New Orleans, La., Jan Von Flatern, Torts Branch, Civ. Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.

Before GOLDBERG, HILL and JONES, Circuit Judges.

IRVING L. GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

It is sometimes said that "two ships passing in the night" is a bad thing. This case proves that the opposite result — two ships colliding in broad daylight — may not always be desirable either. When such a meeting of minds, men, and machinery occurs in the Panama Canal, the situation becomes even more complicated than usual. Appellant Golden Panagia sued the responsible American authorities in the U.S. District Court...

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