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MAPCO PETROLEUM v. MEMPHIS BARGE LINE

849 S.W.2d 312 (1993)

MAPCO PETROLEUM, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant v. MEMPHIS BARGE LINE, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

February 22, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Barry Ward, William R. Bradley, Jr., Glankler, Brown, Gilliland, Chase, Robinson & Raines, Memphis, Robert T. Lemon, II, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, LA, for plaintiff Mapco.

G. Ray Bratton, Eugene Stone Forrester, Jr., Farris, Hancock, Gilman, Branan & Hellen, Memphis, Machale A. Miller, O'Neil, Eichin, Miller & Breckinridge, New Orleans, LA, for defendant Memphis Barge.

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

In this admiralty case, Mapco Petroleum, Inc. ("Mapco"), and Memphis Barge Line, Inc. ("Memphis Barge") have appealed from a judgment of the Court of Appeals finding that the Circuit Court for Shelby County lacked jurisdiction to consider a limitation of liability defense asserted pursuant to 46 U.S.C.App. § 183. The issue presented is one of first impression, whether courts of this state have subject matter jurisdiction to...

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