Chotin Transportation, Inc., Tenneco Chemical, Inc., Intervenor-Appellant v. The M/v Hugh C. Blaske, Her Engines, Tackle, Apparel, Etc., in Rem, and American Commercial Barge Line Company, in Personam, American Commercial Lines, Inc. v. Chotin Transportation, Inc., in Personam, Bunge Corporation v. Chotin Transportation, Inc., the M/v Pat Chotin and the M/v Joey Chotin

475 F.2d 1370

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Decided: April 2, 1973
• Docket: 72-3512
• Status: Published

Opinion

475 F.2d 1370

CHOTIN TRANSPORTATION, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, Tenneco
Chemical, Inc., Intervenor-Appellant,
v.
The M/V HUGH C. BLASKE, her engines, tackle, apparel, etc.,
in rem, and American Commercial Barge Line
Company, in personam, Defendants-Appellees.
AMERICAN COMMERCIAL LINES, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
CHOTIN TRANSPORTATION, INC., in personam, et al.,
Defendants-Appellants.
BUNGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
CHOTIN TRANSPORTATION, INC., the M/V PAT CHOTIN and the M/V
JOEY CHOTIN, Defendants-Appellants.

No. 72-3512 Summary Calendar.*

United States Court of Appeals,
Fifth Circuit.

April 2, 1973.

John Poitevant, john W. Sims, H. Barton Williams, New Orleans, La., for appellants.

Robert B. Acomb, Jr., Francis Emmett, New Orleans, La., for appellees.

Before BELL, GODBOLD and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

We affirm on the opinion of the District Court, reported at 356 F.Supp. 388 (E.D.La.1972).

* Rule 18, 5 Cir.; see Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York et al., 5 Cir. 1970, 431 F.2d 409