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CRUZ v. CHESAPEAKE SHIPPING INC.

Civ. A. No. 89-366-JLL.

738 F.Supp. 809 (1990)

Ernesto C. CRUZ, Victorino A. Domingo, Zaldy N. Bantilan, Leonardo J. Espiritu, Wilfredo D. Jequinto, Juan S. Terencio, Severiano A. Gasataya, Jr., Roberto A. Alejado, Vicente B. Solano, Cesar B. Del Rosario, Renato M. Santiago, Erlito R. Vistar, Richard B. Celoso, Cirilo R. Pacheco, Antonio T. Tanio-An, Armando C. Erediano, Pascualito R. Amistoso and Romeo D. Bardalo, Plaintiffs, v. CHESAPEAKE SHIPPING INC., Gleneagle Ship Management Co., Inc., Kuwait Oil Tanker Company, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, KPC (U.S. Holdings) Inc., Santa Fe International Corp., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

May 17, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard K. Herrmann of Bayard, Handelman & Murdoch, P.A., Wilmington, Del., Stephen M. Koslow and Wilma Liebman of Quasha, Wessely & Schneider, Washington, D.C., of counsel, for plaintiffs.

Michael B. McCauley of Palmer, Biezup & Henderson, Wilmington, Del., Michael M. Johnson of McCutchen, Black, Verleger & Shea, Los Angeles, Cal., of counsel, for defendant Kuwait Petroleum Corp.

Craig B. Smith of Lassen, Smith, Katzenstein & Furlow, Wilmington, Del., Eugene P. Miller and T.S.L. Perlman of Fort & Schlefer, Washington, D.C., of counsel, for defendant Kuwait Oil Tanker Co., S.A.K.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

LATCHUM, Senior District Judge.

I. BACKGROUND

This matter is a Fair Labor Standards Act suit that arises out of a unique set of circumstances. During the Iran-Iraq war, the United States government permitted eleven Kuwaiti oil and liquefied gas tankers to be re-flagged with the American flag in order to gain the protection of American naval forces in the Persian Gulf. At the time of the re-flagging the ships were entirely crewed...

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