Legal Opinion
In re the Libel of McAninch
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided February 3, 1975No. Civ. A. No. 74-C-115PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
OWEN D. COX, District Judge.
In this admiralty proceeding brought by the owner of the shrimping vessel, M/V ETHEL 0, for exoneration from or limitation of liability under 46 U.S.C., §§ 181-196, and Rule 9(h), the Petitioner seeks to implead Seafood Freezing Technology Corporation as Third-Party Defendant. This request presents the rather unique question of whether impleader, under Rule 14(c), is available to the Petitioner in a limitation proceeding. The Claimants oppose the motion and believe Rule 14 not to be so available.1
The circumstances which prompted this suit are, to say the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- British Transport Commission v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Houston-New Orleans, Inc. v. Page Engineering CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1972
- Motor Ship Pacific Carrier v. Union Camp CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
- Petition of KlarmanDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1967
- In re Sandra & Dennis Fishing Corp.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1964
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