Gave Shipping Company, S.A. v. Parcel Tankers, Inc.

634 F.2d 1156 GAVE SHIPPING COMPANY, S.A., a corporation, as Owner of the M/T STOLT MARGARETA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. In action for exoneration from or limitation of liability, PARCEL TANKERS, INC. and Facto, Inc., corporations, as Claimant, Claimant-Appellant. No. 78-2879. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted July 21, 1980. Decided Sept. 23, 1980. Rehearing Denied Jan. 13, 1980. William F. White, Parks, Montague, Allen & Greif, Portland, Or., for claimant-appellant. Erskine B. Wood, Wood, Tatum, Mosser, Brooke & Holden, Portland, Or., for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. Before SNEED, ANDERSON and TANG, Circuit Judges. SNEED, Circuit Judge: 1 Claimants-appellants Parcel Tankers, Inc. and Facto, Inc. (the time charterers) challenge an order of the district court staying their action for indemnity against petitioner-appellee Gave Shipping Co. (the shipowner). We dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. I. 2 Gave Shipping owns the tanker STOLT MARGARETA. On December 5, 1975, cargo aboard the vessel, then under time charter to Parcel Tankers, suffered damage in violent weather about two days…