Home/Case Law/Fourth Circuit/In the Matter of the Complaint of Marine Navigation Sulphur Carriers, Inc., and Marine Transport Lines, Inc., as Owners of the S/t Marine Floridian for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability v. Lone Star Industries, Inc., and R. W. Davis and Son Lumber Co., Inc. Plant Food Products, Inc. Anthony H. Moogalian T/a Airport Grocery Lawrence B. Robertson Charles E. Satterford Joaquin Serrano Ahmed Aziz Thabit James Tripp, Jr. James L. Wearren James L. Wheeler Dennis Wilson Walter Woods Gayle Young John C. Zbiegien Garfield C. Ebanks Henry J. Wells Heinz Grabhorn John Holmes George L. Ebanks Frank Banks Clarence Mahew Ezell Mays Peter W. Georgopoulos Jesus M. Dejesus William J. Edwards Lee J. Fontenot Commonwealth of Virginia James R. Lyle Don C. Paedae Allied Towing Corporation Herbert Rene Krebs Joseph F. Smith, Jr. Terminal Stevedores, Inc. Richmond Waterfront Terminals, Inc. Chemical Carrier Corporation of Virginia Frederick O'Neal William Wiggins Athenian Shipping Corporation Frank O. Irvine Malcolm Jamieson, Trading as Berkeley Plantation C. Hill Carter, Jr., Trading as Shirley Plantation Bartlett Oil Company, Inc. Ira Carter Henry C. Frazier Groome Transportation, Inc. Kinsley Smith, in the Matter of the Complaint of Marine Navigation Sulphur Carriers, Inc., and Marine Transport Lines, Inc., as Owners of the S/t Marine Floridian for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability v. Allied Towing Corporation, and R. W. Davis and Son Lumber Co., Inc. Plant Food Products, Inc. Anthony H. Moogalian T/a Airport Grocery Lawrence B. Robertson Charles E. Satterford Joaquin Serrano Ahmed Aziz Thabit James Tripp, Jr. James L. Wearren James L. Wheeler Dennis Wilson Walter Woods Gayle Young John C. Zbiegien Garfield C. Ebanks Henry J. Wells Heinz Grabhorn John Holmes George L. Ebanks Frank Banks Clarence Mahew Ezell Mays Peter W. Georgopoulos Jesus M. Dejesus William J. Edwards Lee J. Fontenot Commonwealth of Virginia James R. Lyle Don C. Paedae Herbert Rene Krebs Joseph F. Smith, Jr. Terminal Stevedores, Inc. Richmond Waterfront Terminals, Inc. Chemical Carrier Corporation of Virginia Frederick O'Neal William Wiggins Athenian Shipping Corporation Lone Star Industries, Inc. Frank O. Irvine Malcolm Jamieson, Trading as Berkeley Plantation C. Hill Carter, Jr., Trading as Shirley Plantation Bartlett Oil Company, Inc. Ira Carter Henry C. Frazier Groome Transportation, Inc. Kinsley Smith, in the Matter of the Complaint of Marine Navigation Sulphur Carriers, Inc., and Marine Transport Lines, Inc., as Owners of the S/t Marine Floridian for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability v. Frank O. Irvin, T/a Tri-City Plumbing & Heating Co., and R. W. Davis and Son Lumber Co., Inc. Plant Food Products, Inc. Anthony H. Moogalian T/a Airport Grocery Lawrence B. Robertson Charles E. Satterford Joaquin Serrano Ahmed Aziz Thabit James Tripp, Jr. James L. Wearren James L. Wheeler Dennis Wilson Walter Woods Gayle Young John C. Zbiegien Garfield C. Ebanks Henry J. Wells Heinz Grabhorn John Holmes George L. Ebanks Frank Banks Clarence Mahew Ezell Mays Peter W. Georgopoulos Jesus M. Dejesus William J. Edwards Lee J. Fontenot Commonwealth of Virginia James R. Lyle Don C. Paedae Allied Towing Corporation Herbert Rene Krebs Joseph F. Smith, Jr. Terminal Stevedores, Inc. Richmond Waterfront Terminals, Inc. Chemical Carrier Corporation of Virginia Frederick O'Neal William Wiggins Athenian Shipping Corporation Lone Star Industries, Inc. Malcolm Jamieson, Trading as Berkeley Plantation C. Hill Carter, Jr., Trading as Shirley Plantation Bartlett Oil Company, Inc. Ira Carter Henry C. Frazier Groome Transportation, Inc. Kinsley Smith
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No. 386040
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In the Matter of the Complaint of Marine Navigation Sulphur Carriers, Inc., and Marine Transport Lines, Inc., as Owners of the S/t Marine Floridian for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability v. Lone Star Industries, Inc., and R. W. Davis and Son Lumber Co., Inc. Plant Food Products, Inc. Anthony H. Moogalian T/a Airport Grocery Lawrence B. Robertson Charles E. Satterford Joaquin Serrano Ahmed Aziz Thabit James Tripp, Jr. James L. Wearren James L. Wheeler Dennis Wilson Walter Woods Gayle Young John C. Zbiegien Garfield C. Ebanks Henry J. Wells Heinz Grabhorn John Holmes George L. Ebanks Frank Banks Clarence Mahew Ezell Mays Peter W. Georgopoulos Jesus M. Dejesus William J. Edwards Lee J. Fontenot Commonwealth of Virginia James R. Lyle Don C. Paedae Allied Towing Corporation Herbert Rene Krebs Joseph F. Smith, Jr. Terminal Stevedores, Inc. Richmond Waterfront Terminals, Inc. Chemical Carrier Corporation of Virginia Frederick O'Neal William Wiggins Athenian Shipping Corporation Frank O. Irvine Malcolm Jamieson, Trading as Berkeley Plantation C. Hill Carter, Jr., Trading as Shirley Plantation Bartlett Oil Company, Inc. Ira Carter Henry C. Frazier Groome Transportation, Inc. Kinsley Smith, in the Matter of the Complaint of Marine Navigation Sulphur Carriers, Inc., and Marine Transport Lines, Inc., as Owners of the S/t Marine Floridian for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability v. Allied Towing Corporation, and R. W. Davis and Son Lumber Co., Inc. Plant Food Products, Inc. Anthony H. Moogalian T/a Airport Grocery Lawrence B. Robertson Charles E. Satterford Joaquin Serrano Ahmed Aziz Thabit James Tripp, Jr. James L. Wearren James L. Wheeler Dennis Wilson Walter Woods Gayle Young John C. Zbiegien Garfield C. Ebanks Henry J. Wells Heinz Grabhorn John Holmes George L. Ebanks Frank Banks Clarence Mahew Ezell Mays Peter W. Georgopoulos Jesus M. Dejesus William J. Edwards Lee J. Fontenot Commonwealth of Virginia James R. Lyle Don C. Paedae Herbert Rene Krebs Joseph F. Smith, Jr. Terminal Stevedores, Inc. Richmond Waterfront Terminals, Inc. Chemical Carrier Corporation of Virginia Frederick O'Neal William Wiggins Athenian Shipping Corporation Lone Star Industries, Inc. Frank O. Irvine Malcolm Jamieson, Trading as Berkeley Plantation C. Hill Carter, Jr., Trading as Shirley Plantation Bartlett Oil Company, Inc. Ira Carter Henry C. Frazier Groome Transportation, Inc. Kinsley Smith, in the Matter of the Complaint of Marine Navigation Sulphur Carriers, Inc., and Marine Transport Lines, Inc., as Owners of the S/t Marine Floridian for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability v. Frank O. Irvin, T/a Tri-City Plumbing & Heating Co., and R. W. Davis and Son Lumber Co., Inc. Plant Food Products, Inc. Anthony H. Moogalian T/a Airport Grocery Lawrence B. Robertson Charles E. Satterford Joaquin Serrano Ahmed Aziz Thabit James Tripp, Jr. James L. Wearren James L. Wheeler Dennis Wilson Walter Woods Gayle Young John C. Zbiegien Garfield C. Ebanks Henry J. Wells Heinz Grabhorn John Holmes George L. Ebanks Frank Banks Clarence Mahew Ezell Mays Peter W. Georgopoulos Jesus M. Dejesus William J. Edwards Lee J. Fontenot Commonwealth of Virginia James R. Lyle Don C. Paedae Allied Towing Corporation Herbert Rene Krebs Joseph F. Smith, Jr. Terminal Stevedores, Inc. Richmond Waterfront Terminals, Inc. Chemical Carrier Corporation of Virginia Frederick O'Neal William Wiggins Athenian Shipping Corporation Lone Star Industries, Inc. Malcolm Jamieson, Trading as Berkeley Plantation C. Hill Carter, Jr., Trading as Shirley Plantation Bartlett Oil Company, Inc. Ira Carter Henry C. Frazier Groome Transportation, Inc. Kinsley Smith
No. 386040 · Decided January 23, 1981
No. 386040·Fourth Circuit · 1981·
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided
January 23, 1981
Citation
No. 386040
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In the Matter of the Complaint of Marine Navigation Sulphur Carriers, Inc., and Marine Transport Lines, Inc., as Owners of the S/t Marine Floridian for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability v. Lone Star Industries, Inc., and R. W. Davis and Son Lumber Co., Inc. Plant Food Products, Inc. Anthony H. Moogalian T/a Airport Grocery Lawrence B. Robertson Charles E. Satterford Joaquin Serrano Ahmed Aziz Thabit James Tripp, Jr. James L. Wearren James L. Wheeler Dennis Wilson Walter Woods Gayle Young John C. Zbiegien Garfield C. Ebanks Henry J. Wells Heinz Grabhorn John Holmes George L. Ebanks Frank Banks Clarence Mahew Ezell Mays Peter W. Georgopoulos Jesus M. Dejesus William J. Edwards Lee J. Fontenot Commonwealth of Virginia James R. Lyle Don C. Paedae Allied Towing Corporation Herbert Rene Krebs Joseph F. Smith, Jr. Terminal Stevedores, Inc. Richmond Waterfront Terminals, Inc. Chemical Carrier Corporation of Virginia Frederick O'Neal William Wiggins Athenian Shipping Corporation Frank O. Irvine Malcolm Jamieson, Trading as Berkeley Plantation C. Hill Carter, Jr., Trading as Shirley Plantation Bartlett Oil Company, Inc. Ira Carter Henry C. Frazier Groome Transportation, Inc. Kinsley Smith, in the Matter of the Complaint of Marine Navigation Sulphur Carriers, Inc., and Marine Transport Lines, Inc., as Owners of the S/t Marine Floridian for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability v. Allied Towing Corporation, and R. W. Davis and Son Lumber Co., Inc. Plant Food Products, Inc. Anthony H. Moogalian T/a Airport Grocery Lawrence B. Robertson Charles E. Satterford Joaquin Serrano Ahmed Aziz Thabit James Tripp, Jr. James L. Wearren James L. Wheeler Dennis Wilson Walter Woods Gayle Young John C. Zbiegien Garfield C. Ebanks Henry J. Wells Heinz Grabhorn John Holmes George L. Ebanks Frank Banks Clarence Mahew Ezell Mays Peter W. Georgopoulos Jesus M. Dejesus William J. Edwards Lee J. Fontenot Commonwealth of Virginia James R. Lyle Don C. Paedae Herbert Rene Krebs Joseph F. Smith, Jr. Terminal Stevedores, Inc. Richmond Waterfront Terminals, Inc. Chemical Carrier Corporation of Virginia Frederick O'Neal William Wiggins Athenian Shipping Corporation Lone Star Industries, Inc. Frank O. Irvine Malcolm Jamieson, Trading as Berkeley Plantation C. Hill Carter, Jr., Trading as Shirley Plantation Bartlett Oil Company, Inc. Ira Carter Henry C. Frazier Groome Transportation, Inc. Kinsley Smith, in the Matter of the Complaint of Marine Navigation Sulphur Carriers, Inc., and Marine Transport Lines, Inc., as Owners of the S/t Marine Floridian for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability v. Frank O. Irvin, T/a Tri-City Plumbing & Heating Co., and R. W. Davis and Son Lumber Co., Inc. Plant Food Products, Inc. Anthony H. Moogalian T/a Airport Grocery Lawrence B. Robertson Charles E. Satterford Joaquin Serrano Ahmed Aziz Thabit James Tripp, Jr. James L. Wearren James L. Wheeler Dennis Wilson Walter Woods Gayle Young John C. Zbiegien Garfield C. Ebanks Henry J. Wells Heinz Grabhorn John Holmes George L. Ebanks Frank Banks Clarence Mahew Ezell Mays Peter W. Georgopoulos Jesus M. Dejesus William J. Edwards Lee J. Fontenot Commonwealth of Virginia James R. Lyle Don C. Paedae Allied Towing Corporation Herbert Rene Krebs Joseph F. Smith, Jr. Terminal Stevedores, Inc. Richmond Waterfront Terminals, Inc. Chemical Carrier Corporation of Virginia Frederick O'Neal William Wiggins Athenian Shipping Corporation Lone Star Industries, Inc. Malcolm Jamieson, Trading as Berkeley Plantation C. Hill Carter, Jr., Trading as Shirley Plantation Bartlett Oil Company, Inc. Ira Carter Henry C. Frazier Groome Transportation, Inc. Kinsley Smith is a decision of the Fourth Circuit. Review the opinion text below for the holding.
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This case was decided on January 23, 1981.
Use the citation No. 386040 and verify it against the official reporter before filing.