The Merchants National Bank of Mobile v. The Dredge General G. L. Gillespie, Etc.

663 F.2d 1338

64 A.L.R.Fed. 921

The MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK OF MOBILE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees,

v.

The DREDGE GENERAL G. L. GILLESPIE, Etc., et al.,

Defendants-Appellants.

No. 80-3349.

United States Court of Appeals,

Fifth Circuit.

Unit A*

Dec. 18, 1981.

Charles G. Black, Memphis, Tenn., for defendants-appellants.

John W. Sims, New Orleans, La., David R. Owen, Baltimore, Md., Professor David J. Sharpe, George Washington University Law School, Washington, D. C., J. Dwight LeBlanc, Jr., New Orleans, La., for amicus curiae, Maritime Law Assoc. of the U.S. Sims/Owen/Sharpe & LeBlanc, Jr.

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