Central Gulf Steamship Corp. v. International Paper Co., 72-3382.
Decision Date | 01 May 1973 |
Docket Number | No. 72-3382.,72-3382. |
Citation | 477 F.2d 907 |
Parties | CENTRAL GULF STEAMSHIP CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY and International Navigation Limited, Defendants-Appellants. |
Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit |
Francis G. Weller, Brunswick G. Deutsch, New Orleans, La., John S. Rogers, New York City, Robert B. Nolan, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellants.
Robert A. Acomb, Jr., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.
Before TUTTLE, GODBOLD and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.
This is an appeal by International Paper Company and International Navigation, Limited, from a judgment granting a preliminary injunction prohibiting them from engaging in common carrier activities on two LASH vessels (the acronym deriving from "Lighter-aboardship," descriptive of the motherships which carry barges previously loaded with cargo) and their respective barges in respect to which International Navigation, Limited, had contracted with plaintiff Central Gulf Lines for the ten year use of space on said vessels.
In their brief appellants state that they "appeal primarily from the trial court's conclusions of law, and do not for the purposes of this appeal contest extensively the findings of fact on which the conclusions are based." However, upon review of the record it becomes apparent that no formal findings of fact and conclusions of law were ever entered in this case. The trial court orally stated the reasons for its decision, and in doing so briefly commented on the facts of the case, but it prefaced its statement of reasons with the following remarks:
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