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COMPLAINT OF ITHACA CORP.

No. 78-1350. Summary Calendar.

582 F.2d 3 (1978)

Complaint of the ITHACA CORPORATION, as owner, and Texas City Tankers, as Bare Boat Charterer, of the SS V. A. FOGG, her engines, etc., in a cause of exoneration of or from limitation of liability, Francis J. Dooley, Plaintiff-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 2, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schechter & Shelton, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Francis J. Dooley, pro se.

Sadler & Sadler, Howard C. Sadler, Port Arthur, Tex., Mandell & Wright, Herman Wright, Houston, Tex., for appellees.

Before GOLDBERG, AINSWORTH and HILL, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

In February 1972 the tanker SS V. A. Fogg went down with all hands. Its owners filed for limitation of liability, and federal district Judge Noel ordered that all relevant claims be filed in Galveston, Texas. Appellant, Francis Dooley, a New Jersey attorney, filed a claim on behalf of Norma Shultz. Shultz signed a standard contingent fee contract. Dooley conducted discovery and investigated the loss of the vessel. About two years later Shultz decided to...

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