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UNITED STATES v. LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP CO.

Civ. A. No. 69-H-339.

339 F.Supp. 1223 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America v. LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP CO., Inc., In Personam and SS MARJORIE LYKES, Her Engines, Tackle, etc., In Rem.

United States District Court, S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

November 10, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony J. P. Farris, U. S. Atty., B. Stephen Rice, Asst. U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., Anthony W. Gross, Admiralty & Shipping Sec., Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., for United States of America.

Royston, Rayzor & Cook, Houston, Tex. (George W. Renaudin and Kenneth D. Kuykendall, Houston, Tex.), for defendant.

SEALS, District Judge.

MEMORANDUM OPINION:

The United States brings this cause of action in admiralty against defendant shipper for alleged damages to a shipment of whole wheat under transport to Poland for the use of CARE, Inc. CARE purchased the flour in Fort Worth and shipped it by rail to Houston, where it was loaded onboard the S/S Marjorie Lykes on June 13 and 14, 1965. Enroute to Poland, the vessel docked at Beaumont, Texas, where a strike by the...

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