OPINION
SWEET, District Judge.
The defendant Sumitomo Shintaku Ginko KK ("Sumitomo") has moved under Rule 56, Fed.R.Civ.P. for summary judgment on the ground that Sumitomo had no possession and control of the navigation and operation of its vessel, the M/T LOTUS MARU, and that Sumitomo, as owner of the vessel M/T LOTUS MARU being operated under a demise or "bareboat" charter bears no in personam liability for loss suffered during the demise. On the...
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