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.
PER CURIAM:
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.
