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LAKE CITY STEVEDORES, INC. v. S.S. LUMBER QUEEN

Civ. A. No. 72-G-38.

343 F.Supp. 933 (1972)

LAKE CITY STEVEDORES, INC., Plaintiff, v. S.S. LUMBER QUEEN, her engines, tackles, etc., and Freighters, Inc., her Owners and/or Operators, Defendants.

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

June 9, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Bryon Sims, of Brown & Teed, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff.

Lawrence E. Alioto, San Francisco, Cal., and Thomas P. Alexander, of Butler, Binion, Rice, Cook & Knapp, Houston, Tex., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

NOEL, District Judge.

The issue is whether a plaintiff has a right to a change of venue and what standards should govern the exercise of that right. This relatively simple question emerges from a maze of claim and counterclaim mixing questions of admiralty, contract, and antitrust law. The original plaintiff (Lake City) filed a complaint in Galveston on March 9, 1972, alleging breach of a maritime stevedoring contract by defendant (Freighters...

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