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AVONDALE MARINE WAYS, INC. v. THE CRESCENT CITIES

No. 3776.

184 F.Supp. 773 (1960)

AVONDALE MARINE WAYS, INC. and Louis C. Dorr, Sr., Libelant v. THE CRESCENT CITIES, her engines, etc., and National Marine Service, Inc., Respondent.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

June 7, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, Cornelius G. Van Dalen, Christopher Tompkins, New Orleans, La., for libelant.

Terriberry, Rault, Carroll, Martinez & Yancey, Edward S. Bagley, New Orleans, La., for respondent.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, District Judge.

In the early morning of April 26, 1958, in the harbor of New Orleans, the lead barge in the tow of the tug Crescent Cities struck the starboard quarter of the M/V Big Louie, causing her to capsize and sink. The owner and bareboat charterer have libeled the Crescent Cities and her owner for the loss of the tug, and the owner of the Crescent Cities, National Marine Service, Inc., has cross-libeled for damage to the barge.

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