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OCEAN BARGE TRANSPORT v. HESS OIL VIRGIN ISLANDS

Civ. No. 80-18.

598 F.Supp. 45 (1984)

OCEAN BARGE TRANSPORT CO., Plaintiff, v. HESS OIL VIRGIN ISLANDS CORP., Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff, v. MINTEC/INTERNATIONAL, A DIVISION OF BARBER-GREENE COMPANY, Third-Party Defendant.

District Court, Virgin Islands, D. St. Croix.

August 8, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Ruskin, Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I., for plaintiff.

John E. Lenahan, Bryant, Lenahan & Eltman, Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I., for defendant/third-party plaintiff.

James E. Hymes, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V.I., for third-party defendant.

MEMORANDUM

CHRISTIAN, Chief Judge.

The question here presented is whether this Court may make an award of attorney's fees to the prevailing party in this admiralty action pursuant to the provisions of Title 5 V.I.C. § 541(a)(6).

Under the provisions of the section of the Virgin Islands Code referred to above costs which may be allowed in a civil action include attorney's fees. Plaintiff Ocean Barge Transport Co. prevailed against defendant Mintec...

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