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GULFCOAST TRANSIT COMPANY v. M/S KYUNG-JU

Civ. A. No. 71-297.

343 F.Supp. 867 (1972)

GULFCOAST TRANSIT COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. M/S KYUNG-JU, her engines, tackle, furniture, etc., in rem, Defendant.

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

April 11, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Contois, Jr., Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Alfred M. Farrell, Jr., Terriberry, Carroll, Yancey & Farrell, New Orleans, La., for Korea United Lines, defendant.

CASSIBRY, District Judge:

My task here is to find where the fault lies between two vessels which collided in the Mississippi River several miles below New Orleans.

The collision occurred on January 15, 1971 between the barge WANDA WHEELOCK and the MS KYUNG JU on the Mississippi River near the east bank off the upper tip of Cubits Gap. The barge was in tow of the MV SARAH HAYS, owned and operated by Gulfcoast Transit Company.

WANDA WHEELOCK was a 7998...

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