Legal Opinion
Brown & Root Marine Operators, Inc. And Brown & Root, Inc., Successor to Brown & Root Marine Operators, Inc. v. Zapata Off-Shore Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 24, 1967No. 23747PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, Circuit Judge:
Brown & Root Marine Operators, Inc., 1 as owner of the barge MM-71, filed a libel and petition for exoneration or limitation of liability, civil and maritime, for damage to the offshore gas well equipment of Zapata. The case was tried to the Court below without a jury. The Court filed findings of fact and conclusions of law in an interlocutory decree. It held Brown & Root liable and (as we read the decree) denied limitation unless Brown & Root should surrender two other vessels in addition to the MM-71. This appeal is taken from the interlocutory decree. We affirm.
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- McAllister v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- The OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- The Clarita and the ClaraSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate Steam Navigation Co. v. Brooklyn Eastern District TerminalSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Short v. The ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1896
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3Cited by98 opinions
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