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SENNETT v. SHELL OIL COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 70-1624.

325 F.Supp. 1 (1971)

Libby Marie SENNETT, acting in her own behalf and as personal representative of the Estate of Albert L. Sennett, Plaintiff, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY, Defendant.

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

February 25, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harris M. Dulitz, John R. Martzell, Leo Unger, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Al J. Moore, New Orleans, La., for defendant.

RUBIN, District Judge:

A motion to dismiss or for summary judgment raises, apparently for the first time, the interpretation to be given the Oceanographic Research Vessels Law, 46 U.S.C. Sec. 441 et seq., adopted by Congress in 1965. The issue arises as a result of the death of Albert L. Sennett, an employee of Shell Oil Company, aboard Shell's vessel, the R/V NIOBE, off the Coast of Nova Scotia, on May 12, 1970. Mr. Sennett...

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