Legal Opinion
In the Matter of the Complaint of Unterweser Reederei, Gmbh. Zapata Off-Shore Company v. M/s Bremen and Unterweser Reederei Gmbh
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 19, 1970No. 27497PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEWIN, Circuit Judge:
Unterweser Reederei, GMBH (Unterweser), seeks review of an- order of the district court denying a stay of the limitation action Unterweser had filed in that court and enjoining Unterweser from proceeding further with litigation concerning the same subject matter in an English court. The limitation action was brought after Zapata Off-Shore Company (Zapata) filed a complaint in admiralty against Unterweser and its tug Bremen.
Unterweser, a German corporation, contracted with Zapata, a Delaware corporation, with its principal place of business in Houston, Texas, to tow…
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