E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
The question presented in this case is whether, under 46 U.S.C.App. § 185, in a limitation of liability proceeding, the failure to post bond in an amount equal to the owner's interest in the vessel within six months following notice of a claim is jurisdictional. We hold that it is not jurisdictional.
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On July 4, 1992, a boat own by Patricia Ann Guey, and operated by Louis Butz collided with another boat operated...
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