Marine Nav. Sulphur Carriers, Inc. v. Lone Star Industries, s. 80-1325

Decision Date23 January 1981
Docket NumberNos. 80-1325,80-1368 and 80-1417,s. 80-1325
Citation638 F.2d 700
PartiesIn the Matter of the Complaint of MARINE NAVIGATION SULPHUR CARRIERS, INC., and Marine Transport Lines, Inc., as owners of the S/T Marine Floridian for exoneration from or limitation of liability, Appellees, v. LONE STAR INDUSTRIES, INC., Appellant, and R. W. Davis and Son Lumber Co., Inc.; Plant Food Products, Inc.; Anthony H. Moogalian t/a Airport Grocery; Lawrence B. Robertson; Charles E. Satterford; Joaquin Serrano; Ahmed Aziz Thabit; James Tripp, Jr.; James L. Wearren; James L. Wheeler; Dennis Wilson; Walter Woods; Gayle Young; John C. Zbiegien; Garfield C. Ebanks; Henry J. Wells; Heinz Grabhorn; John Holmes; George L. Ebanks; Frank Banks; Clarence Mahew; Ezell Mays; Peter W. Georgopoulos; Jesus M. DeJesus; William J. Edwards; Lee J. Fontenot; Commonwealth of Virginia; James R. Lyle; Don C. Paedae; Allied Towing Corporation; Herbert Rene Krebs; Joseph F. Smith, Jr.; Terminal Stevedores, Inc.; Richmond Waterfront Terminals, Inc.; Chemical Carrier Corporation of Virginia; Frederick O'Neal; William Wiggins; Athenian Shipping Corporation; Frank O. Irvine; Malcolm Jamieson, Trading as Berkeley Plantation; C. Hill Carter, Jr., Trading as Shirley Plantation; Bartlett Oil Company, Inc.; Ira Carter; Henry C. Frazier; Groome Transportation, Inc.; Kinsley Smith, Defendants. In the Matter of the Complaint of MARINE NAVIGATION SULPHUR CARRIERS, INC., and Marine Transport Lines, Inc., as owners of the S/T Marine Floridian for exoneration from or limitation of liability, Appellees, v. ALLIED TOWING CORPORATION, Appellant, and R. W. Davis and Son Lumber Co., Inc.; Plant Food Products, Inc.; Anthony H. Moogalian t/a Airport Grocery; Lawrence B. Robertson; Charles E. Satterford; Joaquin Serrano; Ahmed Aziz Thabit; James Tripp, Jr.; James L. Wearren; James L. Wheeler; Dennis Wilson; Walter Woods; Gayle Young; John C. Zbiegien; Garfield C. Ebanks; Henry J. Wells; Heinz Grabhorn; John Holmes; George L. Ebanks; Frank Banks; Clarence Mahew; Ezell Mays; Peter W. Georgopoulos; Jesus M.
CourtU.S. Court of Appeals — Fourth Circuit

Charles L. Waters, II, Norfolk, Va. (Kaufman & Oberndorfer, Norfolk, Va., on brief), Peter W. Rowe, Norfolk, Va. (Stackhouse, Rowe & Smith, Norfolk, Va., on brief), James G. Harrison, Hopewell, Va. (Marks, Stokes & Harrison, Hopewell, Va., on brief) for appellants.

Philip N. Davey, Norfolk, Va. (Steven G. Schwartz, Seawell, McCoy, Dalton, Hughes, Gore & Timms, Norfolk, Va., on...

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