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IN RE CLEVELAND TANKERS, INC.

No. 93-1925.

67 F.3d 1200 (1995)

In re CLEVELAND TANKERS, INC., as owner and operator of the M/V "JUPITER," for exoneration from or limitation of liability. NEW CONNECTICUT BANK & TRUST, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Abdul MUSSA, et al., Appellees, Cleveland Tankers, Incorporated; Total Petroleum, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees, American Steamship Company, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided October 19, 1995.

Rehearing Denied November 21, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Peter Theut (briefed), Butzel, Long, Gust, Klein & Van Zile, Detroit, MI, Warren J. Marwedel, Chicago, IL, for Fireman's Fund Ins. Companies.

Paul D. Galea (argued and briefed), Foster, Meadows & Ballard, Detroit, MI, for Cleveland Tankers, Inc.

Richard J. McClear (briefed), Dykema & Gossett, Detroit, MI, for Total Petroleum, Inc.

Daniel S. Saylor (briefed), Garan, Lucow, Miller, Seward, Cooper & Becker, Detroit, MI, Thomas W. Emery (argued), Detroit, MI, for American S.S. Co.

Before NELSON, BOGGS, and GIBSON, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

American Steamship Company, owner of the bulk carrier ship, the Buffalo, appeals from a judgment holding it liable for fifty percent of the damages from an explosion that occurred when the Buffalo passed the Jupiter, a tankship that was moored and unloading its cargo of gasoline. As the Buffalo passed, the Jupiter swung loose from its dock, rupturing both the hose transferring the gasoline to the shore...

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