Kingston Shipping Co., Inc. v. Roberts, 81-5343
| Citation | 667 F.2d 34 |
| Decision Date | 04 February 1982 |
| Docket Number | No. 81-5343,81-5343 |
| Parties | In the Matter of the Complaint of KINGSTON SHIPPING CO., INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Jeanette ROBERTS, et al., Defendants, Polish Steamship Company, I. S. Joseph Shipping Co., Ltd., I. S. Joseph Co., Inc., Clipper Maritime Co., Ltd., Pell Nederland, B.V., Termar Navigation Co., Turbana Banana Corp., Gulfcoast Transit Co., ABC Containerline, N.V., Wallenius Rederierna& Motorship, Inc., A/B Helsingfors Steamships Co., Ltd., Alianza Naviera Argentina, S.A., Marthanassa Compania, Naviera, S.A., Navios Corp. & Oceanside, Ltd., Claimants-Appellants. Non-Argument Calendar. |
| Court | United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (11th Circuit) |
Jack C. Rinard, David F. Pope, Tampa, Fla., for Polish Steamship, Joseph Shipping, Joseph, Clipper, Nederland Termar Navigation, Turbana Corp. and Ultraocean.
Gregg D. Thomas, Tampa, Fla., for Gulfcoast.
Jerome V. Flanagan, Hoch, Flanagan & Snyder, Boston, Mass., for plaintiffs-appellees.
Dewey R. Villareal, Jr., Tampa, Fla., for Kingston Shipping Co., Inc. and Apex Marine Corp.
Walter C. Hartridge, Bohan, Williams & Levy, Savannah, Ga., for James T. Rovolis, Coleen R. Rovolis, Carmel D. Rovolis and George Ronald Rovolis, Sr.
Gregory J. Orcutt, Dixon, Lawson & Brown, Tampa, Fla., for Flores.
Appeals from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, JOHNSON and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.
Kingston Shipping Co., Inc., and Apex Marine Corp. filed an action in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida for "exoneration from or limitation of liability" growing out of a collision between the United States Coast Guard buoy tender BLACKTHORN and the S/S CAPRICORN that occurred in January 1980 in Tampa Bay. As a result of the collision, the BLACKTHORN sank in the main ship channel of the port of Tampa, blocking the channel and precluding deep draft vessels from either entering or departing until the wreckage was cleared about 26 days later. The owners of these "delayed-vessels" filed claims seeking to recover damages incurred as a result of their delayed passage into or out of the port of Tampa. Plaintiffs Kingston Shipping and Apex Marine moved to dismiss the claims of the delayed-claimants and the district judge dismissed these claims for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted.
This case is governed by the rule set down in Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co. v. Flint, 275 U.S. 303, 48 S.Ct. 134, 72 L.Ed. 290 (1927) and adopted by the former Fifth Circuit. Vicksburg Towing Co. v. Mississippi Marine Transport Co., 609 F.2d 176 (5th Cir. 1980); Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co. v. M/V Bayou Lacombe, 597 F.2d 469 (5th Cir. 1979); Dick Meyers Towing Service, Inc. v. United States, 577 F.2d 1023 (5th Cir. 1978), cert. denied, 440 U.S. 908, 99 S.Ct. 1215, 59 L.Ed.2d...
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