The FOLGER COFFEE COMPANY; Gulf Insurance Co., Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
OLIVEBANK; Charmain Shipping, Inc.; Safbank Line Limited; Andrew Weir Shipping Limited; Lykes Brothers Steamship Company, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.
Gulf Insurance Company, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
M/V OLIVEBANK; Charmain Shipping, Inc.; Safbank Line Limited, Defendants-Appellees.
Associated Marine Underwriting Agency; South African Eagle Insurance Company; Cargo Underwriting Agency; Aegis Insurance Company Limited; Mutual & Federal Insurance Company Limited; Cesam; Underwriters of Lloyd's; Henry Voet-Genicot BVBA; Chubb & Son, Inc.; Marine Office of America Corporation; Sun Alliance General Insurances; Sun Alliance International Limited; Alexander & Alexander (Acting on Behalf of Lloyd Thompson); Commercial Union Assurance Company PLC; Underwriters of Amsterdam Bourse and other Underwriters; Cigna Insurance Co. of Europe SA NV/Cigna Property & Casualty Company/Cigna Insurance Company of North America; Ceemis (Acting on Behalf of Underwriting Management Services); Pacific Employers Insurance Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
M/V OLIVEBANK, her engines, boilers, tackle, etc., in rem; Charmain Shipping, Inc.; Andrew Weir Shipping Limited; Safebank Line Ltd.; Lykes Brothers Shipping Co., Inc.; Blue Anchor Lines, Inc.; Bluship Ltd., Defendants-Appellees.
Intercargo Insurance Company; Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies (New York); Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies (Chicago), Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
M/V OLIVEBANK, her Engines, Boilers, Tackle, etc., in rem; Charmain Shipping, Inc.; Andrew Weir Shipping Limited; Lykes Brothers Shipping Co., Inc; Icon Carriers, Defendants-Appellees.
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February 3, 2000.
February 3, 2000.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
James T. Rogers, III, Joseph W. Looney, Adams & Reese, New Orleans, LA, for Folger Coffee Co.
James Patrick Cooney (argued), Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, Christian Barrett Miller, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Houston, TX, for Lykes Bros. SS. Co., Blue Anchor Lines, Olivebank, Charmain Shipping Inc., Safbank Line Ltd. and Andrew Weir Shipping Ltd.
George Francis Chandler, III, (argued), Robert Glen Moll, Hill, Rivkins & Hayden, Houston, TX, for Gulf Ins. Co., Associated Marine Underwriting Ageney, South Africa Eagle Ins Co., Cargo Underwriting Agency, Aegis Ins. Co., Ltd., Mut. & Fed. Ins. Co., Ltd., CESAM, Underwriters of Lloyd's Henry Vort-Genicot, BVBA, Chubb & Son, Inc., Marine Office of America Corp., Sun Alliance General Insurances, Sun Alliance Intern.., Ltd., Alexander & Alexander, Commercial Union Assur. Co., PLC, Underwriters of Amsterdam Bourse and other Underwriters, CIGNA Ins. Co. of Europe SA NV/CIGNA Property & Cas. Co., CIGNA Property & Cas. Co./CIGNA Ins. Co., of North America, CEEMIS, Pacific Employers Ins. Co.,Intercargo Ins. Co., Fireman's Fund Ins. Companies (New York), and Fireman's Fund Ins. Companies (Chicago).
Before FARRIS, WIENER and STEWART, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
FARRIS, Circuit Judge:
In this admiralty and maritime appeal, Folger Coffee Co. and its insurer, Gulf Insurance Company, seek to reverse the district court's judgment that (1) the vessel M.V. OLIVEBANK is entitled to use general average on a salvage lien and (2) that Folger Coffee and Gulf Insurance owe their proportional share to the general average fund. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
The M.V. OLIVEBANK left the Port of Durban, South Africa on June 12,...
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