Legal Opinion
Reserve Mooring Inc. v. American Commercial Barge Line, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 16, 2001No. 00-30611, 00-30944PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HALL, Circuit Judge:
I. Facts and Procedural History
Plaintiff Reserve Mooring, Inc. (Reserve) maintains a midstream mooring facility at Mile 138.3 on the Mississippi River. The mooring facility consists of five buoys and anchor piles, which Reserve installed pursuant to a permit from the United States Army Corps of Engineers. 1 On May 5, 1998, while moored at the site, a barge owned and operated by defendant American Commercial Barge Line (ACBL) sank while goods were being unloaded to it from another barge owned by defendant Associated Terminals (Associated). Although the accident did not…
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