Legal Opinion
Canal Barge Company, Inc. v. Torco Oil Company Gulfstream Trading, Ltd. Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 20, 2000No. 99-30002PublishedCited by 130 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:
Torco Oil Company (“Torco”) appeals the magistrate judge’s final judgment, after a bench trial, awarding $90,766 to Canal Barge Company, Inc. (“Canal Barge”) for damages arising from the alleged contamination and loss of use of a barge. Finding no error on the part of the magistrate judge, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
On July 11, 1996, Gulfstream Trading, Ltd. (“Gulfstream”) agreed to purchase 18,000 barrels of reconstituted fuel oil, also known as spent lube oil, from Torco. Under the agreement, the delivery was to occur between July 23 and July 25, 1996, at Torco’s Chicago…
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