HAL ANTILLEN N.V. v. MOUNT YMITOS MS

Nos. 96-31268, 98-30306.

147 F.3d 447 (1998)

HAL ANTILLEN N.V.; Holland America Line Westours Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. MOUNT YMITOS MS, Her engines, tackle, furniture, apparel, etc., Blue Emerald Shipping Co.; Kassos Maritime Enterprises Ltd. In Personam; Astrolabe Shipping Ltd., In Personam, Defendants-Appellants, ASTROLABE SHIPPING LTD.; Blue Emerald Shipping Ltd.; Kassos Maritime Enterprises Ltd.; MOUNT YMITOS MV, for exoneration from or limitation of liability, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HAL ANTILLEN N.V., et al., Claimants, Hal Antillen N.V.; Holland America Line Westours, Inc., Claimants-Appellees, ASTROLABE SHIPPING LTD.; Blue Emerald Shipping Ltd.; Kassos Maritime Enterprises Ltd.; Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NOORDAM MV; in rem; Hal Antillen N.V., Owner, In Personam, Defendants-Appellees, V A O EXPORTKHLEB; Rossiya Insurance Company Ltd. of Moscow, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NOORDAM MV, its tackle, etc. in rem; Hal Antillen N.V.; Holland America Line Westours, Inc., in personam, Defendants-Appellees. HAL ANTILLEN N.V.; Holland America Line Westours Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. MOUNT YMITOS MS, Her engines, tackle, furniture, apparel, etc., in rem; Blue Emerald Shipping Co.; Kassos Maritime Enterprises Ltd., In Personam; Astrolabe Shipping Ltd., In Personam, Defendants-Appellants, ASTROLABE SHIPPING LTD.; Blue Emerald Shipping Ltd.; Kassos Maritime Enterprises Ltd.; MOUNT YMITOS MV, for exoneration from or limitation of liability, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HAL ANTILLEN N.V.; et al., Defendants, Hal Antillen N.V.; Holland America Line Westours, Inc., Claimants-Appellees, ASTROLABE SHIPPING LTD.; Blue Emerald Shipping Ltd.; Kassos Maritime Enterprises Ltd., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NOORDAM MV, in rem; Hal Antillen N.V., owner, in personam, Defendants-Appellees, Yvonne Claiborne HUMPHREYS, individually and on behalf of all passengers aboard the M/V NOORDAM on 11/6/93, Plaintiff, v. HAL ANTILLEN N.V.; et al., Defendants, HAL ANTILLEN N.V.; Holland America Line Westours Inc., Third-party Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. MOUNT YMITOS MS, her engines, tackle, furniture, apparel, etc., in rem; Blue Emerald Shipping Ltd.; Kassos Maritime Enterprises Ltd.; Astrolabe Shipping Ltd., Third-party Defendants-Appellants, V A O EXPORTKHLEB; Rossiya Insurance Company Ltd. of Moscow, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NOORDAM MV, its tackle, ect., in rem; Hal Antillen N.V.; Holland America Line Westours Inc., in personam, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 30, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher O. Davis, William Joseph Riviere, Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, Luther T. Munford, Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P., Jackson, MS, for Hal Antillen N.V. and Holland America Line Westours, Inc.

J. Dwight LeBlanc, Jr., Thomas D. Forbes, Douglas L. Grundmeyer, Eric J. Simonson, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellants.

John Francis Fay, Jr., William Sean O'Neil, O'Neil, Eichin, Miller, Saporito & Harris, New Orleans, LA, for Associated Branch Pilots, Amicus Curiae.

John B. Gooch, Jr., Christopher E. Carey, Montgomery, Barnett, Brown, Read, Hammond & Mintz, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Before JONES and SMITH, Circuit Judges, and SHAW, District Judge.


EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Astrolabe Shipping Ltd., Blue Emerald Shipping Ltd., and Kassos Maritime Enterprises Ltd., individually and as claimants of the M/V MOUNT YMITOS and the MOUNT YMITOS, in rem (hereinafter collectively referred to as "appellants" or "the MOUNT YMITOS") appeal the decision of the district court, after a trial to the bench, which apportioned liability against them for a collision...

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