Legal Opinion
Dow Chemical Co. v. Barge UM-23B
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided August 2, 1968No. 805PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEST, Chief Judge:
This libel is brought by the Dow Chemical Company to recover for damages done to one of its mooring dolphins located in the Mississippi River at Plaquemine, Louisiana, as a result of being struck on two separate occasions by breakaway barges floating down the river. Dow sues the Barges BC-598 and UM-23B in rem, and their respective owners, Bartlett & Company, Grain, and Missouri River Barge Lines, Inc. and Upper Mississippi Towing Corporation, in personam, together with Cargo Carriers, Inc., from whose fleeting area the *663barges broke loose. Also made respondents were the…
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