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IN RE FENWICK ISLAND, INC.

Civ. A. No. 1380-A.

330 F.Supp. 1191 (1971)

In the Matter of FENWICK ISLAND, INC., as owner of the F/V FENWICK ISLAND, in a Cause of Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability.

United States District Court, E. D. North Carolina, Wilmington Division.

February 11, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rountree & Clark, Willimington, N. C., and McHugh & Leonard, New York City, for petitioner.

Breit, Rutter, Cohen, Ermlich & Friedman, Norfolk, Va., and A. A. Canoutas, Wilmington, N. C., for claimants.

RULING ON MOTION TO TRANSFER

DALTON, District Judge, sitting by designation.

This cause is a petition by the plaintiff for an exoneration from or limitation of any liability due to the sinking of its fishing vessel FENWICK ISLAND on December 7, 1968 in which seven lives were lost. 46 U.S.C. § 185. It is before the court on claimant's motion to transfer the action to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Several factors...

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