Legal Opinion
Acacia Vera Navigation Co. v. Kezia Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 27, 1996No. 95-20130, 95-20210PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REYNALDO G. GARZA, Circuit Judge:
BACKGROUND
This is an appeal from a limitation of liability judgment in admiralty against appellant the M/V BLUE CLOUD (“BC”) for its collision with the M/V OMINA (“OMINA”). 1 BC collided with OMINA on March 30, 1993 at night in a fairway near Galveston. OMINA, travelling 11-12 knots, was inbound to Houston and BC, travelling 18 knots, was outbound and in the process of overtaking an unidentified tanker located off its starboard side. OMINA was in the middle of the fairway. BC was to the port side of the fairway and the tanker was to the starboard side of the…
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