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ZAPATA HAYNIE CORP. v. ARTHUR

No. 90-4351.

926 F.2d 484 (1991)

ZAPATA HAYNIE CORP., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Francis ARTHUR, et al., Defendants, Margaret Hebert Jackson, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 21, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah D. Kuchler, Lawrence E. Abbott, John P. Napolitano, Jr., Abbott, Best & Meeks, New Orleans, La., for Zapata Haynie Corp.

J.B. Jones, Jr., Jennifer Jones Bercier, Jones, Jones & Alexander, Cameron, La., for Mary King, Diane Arthur and Margaret Jackson.

Donald R. Abaunza, S. Gene Fendler, Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, La., for Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America.

Larry A. Roach, Lake Charles, La., for Linda Gayle Benjamin.

Before WISDOM, JOLLY and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

This case addresses the issue whether 46 U.S.C.App. § 187 deprives a district court of the power to stay a state court proceeding against a ship's master, pending disposition of a limitation proceeding brought by the ship's owners. Because we find that 46 U.S.C.App. § 187 does deprive a district court of such power, we AFFIRM.

BACKGROUND

The facts in this case are undisputed. On October 3, 1989, the F/V NORTHUMBERLAND...

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