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TRANSORIENT NAVIGATORS CO. v. M/S SOUTHWIND

Civ. A. Nos. 77-2107, 77-2410 and 78-199.

609 F.Supp. 634 (1985)

TRANSORIENT NAVIGATORS COMPANY S/A v. The M/S SOUTHWIND, her engines, tackle, apparel, etc., in rem Westwind Africa Line, Ltd., et al. FLOUR MILLS OF NIGERIA, LTD. v. M/V ASTROS, in rem, and Transorient Navigators Company, S.A. in personam, et al. WESTWIND AFRICA LINE, LTD. v. The UNITED STATES of America The United States Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

May 2, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Wright, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff Transorient Navigators Co. S/A.

John J. Broders, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff Flour Mills of Nigeria, Ltd.

J. Dwight LeBlanc, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendant Westwind Africa Line, Ltd.

Allen Van Emmerik, Washington, D.C., for defendant United States and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

CASSIBRY, Senior District Judge:

OPINION ON REMAND

This case was remanded for an apportionment of liability between the United States Army Corps of Engineers ("Corps" or "United States") and the M/S SOUTHWIND ("SOUTHWIND") for a collision between the SOUTHWIND and the M/V ASTROS ("ASTROS") in the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet ("MR-GO" or "channel") on June 17, 1977. Transorient Navigators Co., S.A. v. M/S SOUTHWIND, 714 F.2d 1358<...

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