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BILLIOT v. DOLPHIN SERVICES, INC.

No. 99-31009.

225 F.3d 515 (2000)

Gene A. BILLIOT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DOLPHIN SERVICES, INC.; et al., Defendants, Dolphin Services, Inc., Defendant-Appellant. In Re: In the Matter of: Dolphin Services, Inc., As Owner Pro Hac Vice/Operator of the Spud Barge KS410 For Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability, Dolphin Services, Inc., As Owner Pro Hac Vice/Operator of the Spud Barge KS410 For Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Texaco, Inc.; Texaco Exploration and Production, Inc.; Gene A. Billiot, Claimants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 24, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Kain (argued), Jacobs, Manuel, Kain & Bernberg, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Michael L. McAlpine, John R. Fitzgerald (argued), McAlpine, Peuler & Cozad, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.

James Robert Silverstein, Frilot, Partridge, Kohnke & Clements, New Orleans, LA, for Claimants-Appellees.

Before JOLLY, SMITH and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:

For this challenge to the dismissal, as time-barred, of the action at hand, filed by Dolphin Services, Inc. (vessel owner pro hac vice/operator), under the Limitation of Vessel Owner's Liability Act, 46 U.S.C.App. §§ 181-196, at issue is whether, pursuant to 46 U.S.C.App. § 185 (action must be filed within six months of written notice of claim), the filing-period was triggered by Gene A. Billiot...

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