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ATLANTA-SCHIFFAHRTS v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 66-257.

299 F.Supp. 781 (1969)

ATLANTA-SCHIFFAHRTS G.m.b. H. and Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

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

February 24, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Dwight LeBlanc, Jr., of Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Burke, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs.

Louis C. LaCour, U. S. Atty., New Orleans, La., Thomas J. Boyle, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant.

George A. Frilot, III, and James H. Daigle, of Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Matthews & Schumacher, New Orleans, La., for third-party defendant.

BOYLE, District Judge:

This suit in admiralty was instituted by Atlanta-Schiffahrts G.m.b. H. and Hamburg-Amerika Linie, as owner of the foreign flag vessel M/S CHRISTIANNA PIKURITZ, against the United States of America, as owner of the U. S. Army Derrick Barge BD-6654, to recover damages allegedly resulting from a collision in the Mississippi River between plaintiffs' vessel and the BD-6654 after said barge left her moorings during Hurricane Betsy on the night of...

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