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NEWPORT NEWS v. S.S. INDEPENDENCE

Civ. A. No. 4:94cv148.

872 F.Supp. 262 (1994)

NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING AND DRY DOCK COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. S.S. INDEPENDENCE, her engines, tackle, apparel, appurtenances, etc. in rem, Great Hawaiian Properties Corporation, in personam, The Delta Queen Steamboat Co., in personam, Defendants. GREAT HAWAIIAN PROPERTIES CORPORATION, Counterclaimant, v. NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING AND DRY DOCK COMPANY, Counterdefendant, Tenneco, Inc., Third Party Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Newport News Division.

December 13, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denham Arthur Kelsey, Gregory N. Stillman, Hunton & Williams, Norfolk, VA, for Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.

Benjamin T. Riddles, II, Julian F. Hoffar, Watt, Tieder & Hoffar, McLean, VA, for Great Hawaiian Properties Corp., in personam, d/b/a American Hawaii Cruises, Delta Queen Steamboat Co., in personam.

ORDER

DOUMAR, District Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on defendants' motion to vacate the arrest of the S.S. Independence in the in rem action named above. For the reasons outlined below, defendants' motion is DENIED.

Factual and Procedural Background

In or around March, 1994, defendants began seeking bids for repair work on the S.S. Independence, a cruise ship registered in the United States...

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