Opinion
Nos. 81-6005, 81-6078.
March 30, 1984.
Jack C. Rinard, MacFarlane, Ferguson, Allison Kelly, Ted R. Manry, III, Tampa, Fla., for claimants-appellants in both cases.
Holland Knight, Gregg D. Thomas, Tampa, Fla., for claimants-appellants in No. 81-6078.
Kent Westmoreland and Robert C. Tarics, Houston, Tex., for Sabine Towing Transp. Co.
Dewey R. Villareal, Jr., Tampa, Fla., for Kingston Shipping Co., Inc., Apex Marine Corp. and Hercules Carriers.
Arthur L. Schechter, Houston, Tex., for Kingston Shipping Co., Inc. and Apex Marine Corp.
James O. Davis, Jr., Tampa, Fla., for Judith T. Curtin.
Richard F. Ralph, Miami, Fla., for Greyhound Lines.
David G. Hanlon, Tampa, Fla., for State of Fla. (Dept. of Transp.).
David V. Hutchinson, Civ. Div., Torts Branch, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee in No. 81-6078.
Appeals from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, George C. Carr, Judge.
Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, RONEY, TJOFLAT, HILL, FAY, VANCE, KRAVITCH, JOHNSON, HENDERSON, HATCHETT, ANDERSON and CLARK, Circuit Judges.
On petition for rehearing in banc of 720 F.2d 1201.
Because the court is equally divided as to whether to affirm or reverse, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED by operation of law.