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DEPT. OF TRANSP. AND DEV. v. KITION SHIPPING

Civil Action No. 08-77-JVP-CN, 08-452-JVP-CN.

653 F.Supp.2d 633 (2009)

State of LOUISIANA, through its DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT v. KITION SHIPPING CO., LTD., V. Ships Switzerland S.A., et al. In re Crescent Towing & Salvage, Co., Inc., as Owner and Operator of the M/V Margaret F. Cooper, Praying for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability.

United States District Court, M.D. Louisiana.

September 2, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirk Norris Aurandt, Daigle, Fisse & Kessenich, PLC, Covington, LA, for State of Louisiana, through its Department of Transportation and Development.

Robert B. Fisher, Jr., Derek A. Walker, Thomas D. Forbes, Chaffe McCall, LLP, Stanley Jerome Cohn, Frederick Lewis Parks, Jr., Scott Rodgers Wheaton, Jr., Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard, New Orleans, LA, David Michael Flotte, Willard P. Schieffler, Mark A. Pivach, Pivach, Pivach, Hufft, Thriffiley & Nolan, LLC, Belle Chasse, LA, Jon A. Van Steenis, Kirk Norris Aurandt, Michael D. Fisse, Daigle, Fisse & Kessenich, PLC, Covington, LA, for Kition Shipping Co., Ltd., V. Ships Switzerland S.A., et al.

RULING

JAMES J. BRADY, District Judge.

This matter is before the court on a Motion to Strike and/or Dismiss the State of Louisiana's In Rem Claim (doc. 39) filed by defendant, Kition Shipping Co., Ltd. The matter was referred to Magistrate Judge Christine Noland who, on May 4, 2009, 2009 WL 1664621, issued a report and recommendation (doc. 50) to which there were several objections and replies to objections by all parties. The matter was then referred...

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