McLINN v. FJORD

721 F.2d 666 In the Matter of the Complaint of William McLINN, as owner of the F/V FJORD, her engines, tackle, boilers, and equipment for exoneration from, or limitation of liability. In the Matter of the Complaint of Gilbert Jack JOHNSON and Jack Stewart Johnson, as owners of the F/V SUPERSONIC, her engines, tackle, boilers, and equipment, and as owners of one certain Beck 15 foot fiberglass skiff, her engine, tackle and equipment, for exoneration from, or limitation of liability. Frank CHURCHILL, as the Informal Administrator of the Estate of Patrick Churchill and Dale Carlough, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The F/V FJORD, etc., et al., Defendants, and The F/V SUPERSONIC, her engines, tackle, apparel, appliances, equipment, apparatus and furniture; Gilbert Johnson, part owner and/or operator of said F/V SUPERSONIC; Jack Johnson, part owner of said F/V SUPERSONIC, Defendants-Appellees. No. 82-3644. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Dec. 6, 1983. Gerald W. Markham, Kodiak, Alaska, for plaintiffs-appellants. Kenneth F. Brittain, James M. Powell, Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz & Powell, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants-appellees. ORDER Before BROWNING, Chief Judge, and CHOY,…