MARGATE SHIPPING COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
M/V JA ORGERON, her engines, tackle, apparel, etc., in rem, Defendant,
UNITED STATES of America, Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
CONTINENTAL UNDERWRITERS, LTD., Third-Party Defendant.
MONTCO OFFSHORE, INC., Owner and operator of the M/V JA Orgeron for exoneration from or limitation of liability, Plaintiff,
v.
MARGATE SHIPPING CO., et al., Claimants,
MARGATE SHIPPING CO., Claimant-Appellee,
v.
UNITED STATES of America, Claimant-Appellant,
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
June 29, 1998.
June 29, 1998.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Hugh Ramsay Straub, Michael MacKenzie Butterworth, Terriberry, Carroll & Yancey, New Orleans, LA, Ross W. Dembling, Holland & Knight, Washington, DC, Raymond J. Burke, Jr., William Francis Dougherty, Burke & Parsons, New York City, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Steve L. Frank, Michael Jay Singer, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, Frank W. Hunger, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, for United States.
Before GARWOOD, JOLLY and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
This appeal arises from the grant of what appears to be the largest maritime salvage award in recorded history. During a severe tropical storm off the Florida coast, the M/V Cherry Valley, an oil tanker belonging to Margate Shipping Co., rescued a barge containing a valuable external fuel tank for NASA's space shuttle. The district court awarded Margate approximately $6.4 million in salvage...
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