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WITCO CHEMICAL CORP. v. M/V MISS CAROLYN

Civ. A. No. 74-738.

426 F.Supp. 373 (1977)

WITCO CHEMICAL CORPORATION v. M/V MISS CAROLYN, Her Engines, etc., in rem, and Port Arthur Towing Company in personam.

United States District Court, W. D. Louisiana, Monroe Division.

As Amended on Denial of a New Trial and/or a Rehearing February 15, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Broders, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Thomas M. Hayes, Hayes, Harkey, Smith & Cascio, Monroe, La., John L. Yates, Ross, Griggs & Harrison, Houston, Tex., for defendants.

DAWKINS, Senior District Judge.

RULING ON THE MERITS

Plaintiff here sues for damages to its dock-loading facility on the Ouachita River south of Monroe, Louisiana, due to an apparent collision allegedly caused by defendant's tug. It brought suit both in rem against defendant's vessel and in personam against defendant itself, under our admiralty jurisdiction set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 1333,1 and mentioned in the...

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