HALE CONTAINER LINE v. HOUSTON SEA PACKING

Nos. 95-3201, 95-3296.

137 F.3d 1455 (1998)

HALE CONTAINER LINE, INC., Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Cross-Claimant-Appellee, Societe Guyanaise De Conseils Immobilers (SOGUCI), Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HOUSTON SEA PACKING CO., INC., Defendant-Cross-Defendant-Counterclaimant-Appellant, Meridian Ship Incorporated, Defendant-Cross-Defendant, Fabricated Products of Tampa, Inc., Defendant-Cross-Defendant-Cross Claimant, D&D Welding Fabrication, Defendant-Cross-Defendant-Cross Claimant, Project Logistics and Transportation, Inc., Tug "ALEXANDRA HALE" Barge "LIBERTY TRADER" Defendants-Appellees, National Cargo Bureau, Defendant-Cross-Claimant-Cross-Defendant, London Offshore Consultants, Inc., Defendant-Cross-Defendant. Hale Container Line, Inc., Plaintiff-Counterdefendant-Cross-Claimant, Societe Guyanaise De Conseils Immobilers (SOGUCI), Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Houston Sea Packing Co., Inc., Defendant-Cross-Defendant-Counterclaimant-Appellant, Meridian Ship Incorporated, Defendant-Cross-Defendant, Fabricated Products of Tampa, Inc., Defendant-Cross-Defendant-Cross-Claimant, D&D Welding Fabrication, Defendant-Cross-Defendant-Cross Claimant, Project Logistics and Transportation, Inc., Tug "ALEXANDRA HALE" Barge "LIBERTY TRADER" Defendants, National Cargo Bureau, Defendant-Cross-Claimant-Cross-Defendant, London Offshore Consultants, Inc., Defendant-Cross-Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 3, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Randall McCormack, McCormack, Siboni & Knoblock, P.A., Miami, FL, for Houston.

David F. Pope, Lau, Lane, Pieper, Conley & McCreadie, P.A., Tampa, FL, C. Gordan Starling, Jr., New Orleans, LA, for SOGUCI.

Robert E. Warren, Eugene O'Connor, Taylor, Moseley & Joyner, Jacksonville, FL, Charles S. Cumming, National Cargo Bureau, Inc., New York City, Frank A. Atcheson, New York City, Walter C. Hartridge, Savannah, GA, for Hale Container, Tug "ALEXANDRA HALE" and Barge "LIBERTY TRADER".

Before HATCHETT, Chief Judge, BIRCH, Circuit Judge, and CLARK, Senior Circuit Judge.


CLARK, Senior Circuit Judge:

Defendant Houston Sea Packing Co., Inc. ("Houston") appeals the district court's judgments against it in favor of plaintiffs Hale Container Line, Inc. ("Hale") and Societe Guayanaise De Conseils Immobiliers ("SOGUCI"). SOGUCI cross-appeals from the judgment against it in favor of Hale, the National Cargo Bureau ("NCB"), and the Alexander Hale and Liberty Trader in rem, and the amount of damages it was awarded against Hale.

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