NUNLEY v. M/V DAUNTLESS COLOCOTRONIS

Nos. 87-3121, 87-3506.

863 F.2d 1190 (1989)

Walter Douglas NUNLEY, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. M/V DAUNTLESS COLOCOTRONIS, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees, v. COMBI LINES, Defendant-Appellant, Walter Douglas NUNLEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. M/V DAUNTLESS COLOCOTRONIS, etc., et al., Defendant-Appellee. ESTRELLA LEAL NAVEGACION S.A., Sea Unity-Shipping S.A., and Assurance Foreningen Gard, Plaintiffs-Appellants Cross-Appellees, v. TENNECO OIL COMPANY and United States of America, Defendants-Cross-Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. COMBI LINES (Hapag-Lloyd A.G., Holland American Lines Freight B.V and International Transport B.V.) and its insurer, The United Kingdom Mutual Steamship Assurance Assn (Bermuda) Ltd., Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellees, and Combi Lines (Hapag-Lloyd A.G., and the United Kingdom Mutual Steamship Assurance Assn. (Bermuda), Ltd., Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 28, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee M. Peacocke, Fred E. Salley, Jack R. Salley, New Orleans, La., for Combi Lines.

Sheri L. Orlowitz, Atty., Debra J. Kossow, Admiralty & Shipping Section, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., William F. Baity, Asst. U.S. Atty., New Orleans, La., for U.S.A.

Hugh Ramsay Straub, L.R. DeBuys, IV, New Orleans, La., for Estrella & Sea Unity.

René S. Payssee, New Orleans, La., Mendes & Mount, New York City, for Underwriters.

Cornelius, Sartin & Murphy, Russell Cornelius, New Orleans, La., for Employers Ins. of Wausau.

John B. Gooch, Jr., Frederick T. Haas, III, New Orleans, La., William M. Bass, Lafayette, La., for Point Landing, Inc., et al.

Reuter, Reuter, Reuter & Pizza, New Orleans, La., for Federal Barge Lines, et al.

G. Hamp Uzelle, III, Alex F. Lankford, III, Mobile, Ala., for Dravo.

John E. Galloway, New Orleans, La., for Tenneco.

Before THORNBERRY, KING and JONES, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 28, 1989.

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

All voyages, whether uneventful or calamitous, must eventually complete their course, bringing their passengers to a final destination. To say that the journey of the M/V DAUNTLESS COLOCOTRONIS through the judicial system has been lengthy is an understatement. This case has dropped anchor before our court on two previous occasions, most recently before the court en banc...

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