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COMPLAINT OF NAUTILUS MOTOR TANKER CO., LTD.

No. 95-5126.

85 F.3d 105 (1996)

In the Matter of the COMPLAINT OF NAUTILUS MOTOR TANKER CO., LTD. as owner of the M/T BT NAUTILUS for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability, Nautilus Motor Tanker Co., Ltd., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided May 20, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Reilly (argued), Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, for Limitation Plaintiff-Appellant Nautilus Motor Tanker Co., Ltd.

Richard H. Webber (argued), Hill Rivkins Loesberg O'Brien Mulroy & Hayden, New York City, for Limitation Defendant-Appellee Coastal Oil New York, Inc.

Before: STAPLETON, McKEE and NORRIS, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

McKEE, Circuit Judge.

This dispute arises from the grounding of the tanker BT Nautilus, an 811 foot oil tanker owned by appellant Nautilus Motor Tanker Co., Ltd. ("Nautilus"). That grounding caused approximately 230,000 gallons of fuel oil to spill into the Kill van Kull waterway in Bayonne, New Jersey. Thereafter, Nautilus commenced a proceeding in the United States District Court for the District...

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