BOUCHARD TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, INC., for exoneration from or limitation of liability as owner or as owner pro hoc vice of Tug Capt. Fred Bouchard and Barge B. No. 155, Tug Captain Fred Bouchard Corporation, for exoneration from or limitation of liability as owner or as owner pro hac vice of Tug Capt. Fred Bouchard and Barge B. No. 155, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
Ramona M. UPDEGRAFF, Ambrose G. Updegraff, et al., Claimants-Appellees,
Boca Ciega Hotel, Inc., et al., Movants-Appellees.
TSACABA SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED, as owner of the M/V Balsa 37, Official Number 228571, Hiong Guan Navegacion Co., Ltd., as charterer of the M/V Balsa 37, Official Number 228571, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, State of Florida, United States of America, et al., Claimants-Appellees,
Boca Ciega Hotel, Inc., Movant-Appellee.
MARITRANS OPERATING PARTNERS L.P., for exoneration from or limitation of liability as owner of the tug Seafarer, official number 532672, and Barge Ocean 255, official number 534910, Maritrans General Partner, Inc., for exoneration from or limitation of liability as owner of the tug Seafarer, official number 532672, and Barge Ocean 255, official number 534910, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
Ramona M. UPDEGRAFF, Ambrose G. Updegraff, et al., Claimants-Appellees,
Boca Ciega Hotel, Inc., et al., Movants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
July 31, 1998.
July 31, 1998.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Carl R. Nelson, Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal & Banker, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Bouchard Transp. Co., Inc. and Tug Captain Fred Bouchard Corp.
Robert W. Mills, Gilmur R. Murray, Nicole A. Diller, Richard S. Kohn, Derek G. Howard, The Mills Law Firm, Greenbrae, CA, R. Adam Carnegie, Dominick J. Graziano, Hearne, Graziano & Nader, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Boca Ciega Hotel, Barry Jones, Brenda Jones, John Jones, Ahmad Shihadeh, Geiken, Koukoulis, Don Tobin and Joan Tobin.
Peter G. Myer, Frederick W. Tucher, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for United States.
Denis Dean, John W. Costigan, Tallahassee, FL, for Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection.
Nathaniel G. W. Pieper, David W. McCreadie, Lane, Lane, Pieper, Conley & McCreadie, Tampa, FL, Robert B. Parrish, Matthew G. Nasrallah, Moseley, Warren, Prichard & Parrish, Jacksonville, FL, for Maritrans.
Andra Todd Dreyfus, Andra Todd Dreyfus, P.A., E. Wallace Pope, Jr., Duane A. Daiker, Johnson, Blakely, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, P.A., Clearwater, FL, for Ramona M. Updegraff, Garnett, Bleckley Corp. H&H, Charmar and McCorkley.
Robert L. Rocke, Annis, Mitchell, Cockley, Edwards & Roehn, Tampa, FL, for Excel Hospitality, Inc.
Timothy Peter Shusta, Hayden & Milliken, P.A., Tampa, FL, Reginald M. Hayden, Jr., Hayden & Milliken, P.A., Miami, FL, for Tsacaba Shipping Co., Ltd., Hiong Guan Navegacion Co., Ltd. and Dowa Line Co., Ltd.
Before COX, DUBINA and BLACK, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
BLACK, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents three issues: (1) whether the State of Florida, Department of Environmental Protection (Florida), is entitled to Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity from a maritime limitation proceeding initiated pursuant to Rule F of the Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims (Rule F); (2) whether claims brought pursuant to the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 33 U.S.C. §§ 2701-2761 (OPA 90), are subject to Rule...
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