Legal Opinion
Vatican Shrimp Co. v. Solis
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 17, 1987No. Nos. 86-2412, 86-2579, 86-2601PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
Vatican Shrimp Company, Inc. (“Vatican Shrimp”), the owner of the F/V VATICAN, petitioned a federal district court, under 46 U.S.C. § 185, to limit its liability in a Jones Act case that had been filed and was pending in a Texas state court. The district court dismissed the section 185 petition as untimely, and Vatican Shrimp then removed the case to federal court. The district court remanded the case to state court and imposed Rule 11 sanctions against Vatican Shrimp on grounds that the court had already decided the limitation of liability issue upon which it…
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