RIVERA v. M/T FOSSARINA

No. 87-1862.

840 F.2d 152 (1988)

Jose RIVERA, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. M/T FOSSARINA, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 29, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry A. Ezratty, San Juan, P.R., for plaintiff, appellant.

Cheryl C. Burke with whom Neil J. Welch, Jr., and Heron, Burchette, Ruckert & Rothwell, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for defendants, appellees Phillips Petroleum Co. and Phillips Puerto Rico Core, Inc.

Alexis D. Mattei with whom Ledesma, Palou & Miranda, Hato Rey, P.R., was on brief, for defendants, appellees Puerto Rico Fuels, Inc., Tug Texan, Trans Gulf Towing Co. and Blutco Barge & Towing Co.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, SELYA, Circuit Judge, and CAFFREY, Senior District Judge.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

Jose Rivera, a pilot for the port of Las Mareas, Puerto Rico, brought a complaint in admiralty against numerous defendants, claiming that they owed him approximately $4,000 in pilotage fees for services he allegedly rendered in connection with the anchoring of vessels at the port. The district court granted defendants' motions for summary judgment, 663 F.Supp. 544, concluding, inter alia, that the...

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