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CITY OF GALVESTON v. KERR STEAMSHIP CO., INC.

Civ. A. No. 71-G-61.

362 F.Supp. 289 (1973)

The CITY OF GALVESTON, Plaintiff, v. KERR STEAMSHIP CO., INC., et al., Defendants.

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

July 23, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben Powel of McLeod, Alexander, Powel & Apfel, Galveston, Tex., for plaintiff.

Robert Eickel of Eickel & Davey, Houston, Tex., for defendants.

NOEL, District Judge.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

In this consolidated case, the City of Galveston, as owner and operator of the Galveston Wharves, is suing five (5) separate steamship companies for pier demurrage on bales of cotton which were stranded on the wharves during a 103-day longshoremen strike in 1968 and 1969. The disputed charges are based on the rates contained in plaintiff's Tariff Circular No. 4-D. Defendants present several theories justifying their...

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