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IN RE GREAT LAKES TOWING COMPANY

Nos. 70 C 2259, 70 C 1837.

348 F.Supp. 549 (1972)

In re Complaint of the GREAT LAKES TOWING COMPANY, as Owner of the TUGS ARIZONA and JOSEPH H. CALLAN, for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability. CHICAGO AND WESTERN INDIANA RAILROAD COMPANY, a corporation, et al. v. MOTORSHIP BUKO MARU, her engines, tackle, apparel and furniture, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

March 2, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Roy Peterson, Lord, Bissell & Brook, John McMurray, Bradley, Eaton, Jackman & McGovern, John Gobel, Hackbert, Rooks, Pitts, Fullagar & Poust, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

McBride, Baker, Wienke & Schlosser (Harvey Wienke), Chicago, Ill., for defendants.

DECISION

McMILLEN, District Judge.

These cases arise out of a collision of the M. S. Buko Maru with a single leaf bascule bridge of the Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad. When the collision occurred, the Buko Maru was being assisted up the Calumet River from Lake Michigan to Lake Calumet by two tugs of the Great Lakes Towing Company. The towing company filed a libel (70 C 2259) against the owners of the bridge and of the ship, seeking to be exonerated...

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