Acme Boat Rentals, Inc. v. J. Ray McDermott & Company, Inc. v. Freeport Sulphur Company, Third-Party

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

In this once-tried, twice-appealed maritime case, 1 the District Judge, after making the required detailed findings of fact and conclusions of law, reentered his original judgment against J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc. in favor of Acme Boat Rentals, Inc., the owner of a crew-boat which sank in the Mississippi River because of a collision with a creosoted timber piling which was adrift as a result of dock repair work undertaken by the appellant contractor, McDermott. The court also denied McDermott indemnity or contribution from Freeport Sul-phur Company, the owner of the…