Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Docket Number Nos. 81-6005, 81-6078. Advocates 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. Judges John Cooper Godbold Paul Hitch Roney Gerald Bard Tjoflat James Clinkscales Hill Peter Thorp Fay Robert Smith Vance Phyllis A. Kravitch Frank Minis Johnson Albert John Henderson Joseph Woodrow Hatchett Robert Lanier Anderson Thomas Alonzo Clark See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. OPINION IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPLAINT OF HERCULES CARRIERS, INC., FOR EXONERATION FROM OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AS OWNER OF THE M/V SUMMIT VENTURE, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, ET AL., CLAIMANTS, CANADIAN TRANSPORT COMPANY, CLIPPER MARITIME CO., LTD., I.S. JOSEPH COMPANY, INC., ULTRAOCEAN S.A., SABINE TOWING TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, CLAIMANTS-APPELLANTS. IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPLAINT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS OWNER OF THE USCGC BLACKTHORN, FOR EXONERATION FROM OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, 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.