WILLIAMS v. M/V SONORA

No. 92-2021.

985 F.2d 808 (1993)

Lawrence WILLIAMS, Robert Masters, and Celestine Williams, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Signal Mutual Insurance Association, Ltd., Intervenor/Plaintiff-Appellant, v. M/V SONORA, et al., Defendants, Atlas Shipping, Ltd., and Transportacion Maritima Mexicana, S.A., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 12, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Graham Hill, Houston, TX, for Lawrence and Robert.

Richard Schechter, Robert L. Adams, Dun, Kacal, Adams, Pappas & Law, Houston, TX, for Celestine and Signal Mut. Ins.

Bradley A. Jackson, Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, Houston, TX, for Atlas Ship. Ltd. and Transportacion Maritima.

Jeffrey H. Marsh, Mattingly & Marsh, Houston, TX, for International Trucking.

William H. Seele, Julian & Seele, Houston, TX, for Oceans Intern. Corp. (other interested party).

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, HIGGINBOTHAM, and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.


REYNALDO G. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiffs-appellants appeal from an adverse summary judgment entered by the district court. First, they argue that the district court should have remanded the case to state court. Alternatively, they argue that the summary judgment in favor of the defendant vessel owners was improvidently granted. We find that the case was properly retained by the district court. Further, the courts below properly granted summary judgment to...

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