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PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 10633.

142 F.2d 552 (1944)

PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

May 8, 1944.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wood, Matthiessen & Wood, Erskine Wood, and Lofton L. Tatum, all of Portland, Or., for appellant.

Hampson, Koerner, Young & Swett and Clarence J. Young, all of Portland, Or., for appellee.

Before STEPHENS and HEALY, Circuit Judges, and BOWEN, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

The case is succinctly stated in appellant's brief as follows: The "B. F. Shaw," while maneuvering in the Willamette River, dropped her anchor and ruptured and destroyed an electric power cable, the location of which was plainly marked by cable signs. The accident occurred in broad day light and was under no necessity of navigation or emergency. A libel was filed against the United States as owner, under the Suits in Admiralty Act,1<...

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