AMERICAN PETROFINA PIPELINE CO. v. M/V SHOKO MARU

No. 87-2303.

837 F.2d 1324 (1988)

AMERICAN PETROFINA PIPELINE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. M/V SHOKO MARU, Her Engines, Tackle, etc., and the Sanko Steamship Co., Ltd. (Sanko Kisen K.K.) Her Owners and/or Charterers, and/or Operators, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 24, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas O. Deen, Brown, Sims, Wise & White, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Leslie Denis Cassidy, III, Kleberg, Dyer, Redford & Weil, Corpus Christi, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before BROWN, JOHNSON and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges


JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

American Petrofina Pipeline Co. appeals an adverse judgment in a suit for damage to a dock allegedly caused by the ship M/V Shoko Maru. Because we do not believe that the district court clearly erred in finding that the Shoko Maru was not at fault, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

The M/V Shoko Maru is an oil tanker owned by the Sanko Steamship Co., Ltd. (Sanko Kisen K.K.). On September 1, 1983, the Shoko Maru, commanded by Captain...

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