STOLT ACHIEVEMENT, LTD. v. DREDGE B.E. LINDHOLM

No. 04-20773.

440 F.3d 266 (2006)

STOLT ACHIEVEMENT, LTD., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DREDGE B.E. LINDHOLM, its engines, tackle, appurtenances, etc., in rem; Weeks Marine, Inc., in personam, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 14, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Andrew Durham (argued), Christina K. Schovajsa, Eastham, Watson, Dale & Forney, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Robert Joseph Killeen, Jr., Killeen & Associates, Houston, TX, Robert Craig Stern (argued), Law Offices of Robert C. Stern, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

James Thomas Brown, Jr. (argued), Legge, Farrow, Kimmitt, McGrath & Brown, Houston, TX, for Houston Pilots, Amicus Curiae.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, WIENER, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.


PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Two ships passing in the Houston Ship Channel collided. Litigation ensued. Stolt Achievement, Ltd. complains of various errors in the district court's resolution of its claims against the dredge B.E. LINDHOLM and its owner, Weeks Marine, Inc. We affirm.

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On October 21, 2002, the STOLT ACHIEVEMENT, a chemical tanker, was traveling inbound in the Houston Ship Channel. The LINDHOLM, a dredge boat, having...

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