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COMPLAINT OF HORNBECK OFFSHORE (1984) CORP.

No. 92-7261.

981 F.2d 752 (1993)

In the Matter of the COMPLAINT OF HORNBECK OFFSHORE (1984) CORPORATION and Hornbeck Offshore Operators, Inc., for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability, as Owners and Owners pro hac vice of the M/V H.O.S. Goliath. HORNBECK OFFSHORE (1984) CORPORATION, Hornbeck Offshore Operators, Inc., The Embassy of the Republic of Tunisia and The Office of Cereales of the Republic of Tunisia, Appellees, v. COASTAL CARRIERS CORPORATION, Claimant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 5, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert V. Corbett, Cardillo & Corbett, New York City and Robert C. Davee, Eastham, Watson, Dale & Forney, Houston, TX, for claimant-appellant.

John K. Meyer, Meyer, Orlando & Evans, Houston, TX, for Hornbeck Offshore.

Edward J. Patterson, Jr., Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, Galveston, TX, and William N. France and Richard Singleton, Healy & Baillie, New York City, for Embassy of Rep. of Tunisia and Office of Cereales of the Rep. of Tunisia.

Before JONES and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges, and PRADO, District Judge.

BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:

In issue is the wide reach of the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 1, et seq. Appellant Coastal was owner of a barge carrying cargo for appellee Tunisia that sank while under tow by a boat chartered by Coastal from the other appellees (Hornbeck); and it appeals from the denial of a stay pending arbitration in Hornbeck's limitation of liability action. We REVERSE.

I.

In November 1989, Tunisia voyage-chartered...

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