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IN RE SETTOON TOWING, L.L.C.

No. 16-30459.

859 F.3d 340 (2017)

IN RE: In the Matter of the Complaint of SETTOON TOWING, L.L.C., as Owner and Operator of the M/V Hannah C. Settoon, for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability, Settoon Towing, L.L.C., Owner and Operator of the M/V Hannah C. Settoon, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Marquette Transportation Company, L.L.C., Claimant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED June 9, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jefferson Randolph Tillery, Esq. , Heather Lindsey Kirk , Catherine Barrett Rice, Esq. , Jones Walker, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Petitioner-Appellee.

Evans Martin McLeod, Esq. , Michael MacKenzie Butterworth, Esq. , Adam Neely Davis , David J. Saltaformaggio , New Orleans, LA, John Michael Elsley , Houston, TX, Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P., for Claimant-Appellant.

Before SMITH, CLEMENT, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

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