Legal Opinion
Punt Sisung and Gus Fitzgerald v. Tiger Pass Shipyard Co., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 16, 1962No. 19346PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BELL, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from the dismissal on the merits of a libel in personam brought by appellants, owners of the crewboat Rhea III, for damages to the vessel while it was moored at the shipyard of appellee.
The shipyard is located near Venice, Louisiana, on the east bank of Tiger Pass, which runs in a southeasternly direction from the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico and is the sole establishment in that vicinity on the east side. It is located in the straight reach of the Pass which at that point is approximately two hundred feet in width. The docks and facilities of…
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