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UNITED STATES v. THE VESSEL JUPITER

No. 448.

151 F.Supp. 489 (1957)

UNITED STATES of America, Libellant, v. THE Vessel JUPITER, her engines, tackle, etc., Respondent.

United States District Court S. D. Florida, Tampa Division.

June 4, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Kelly, Asst. U. S. Atty., Tampa, Fla., for libelant.

Hervey Yancey, Tampa, Fla., for respondent.

BARKER, Chief Judge.

This is a suit in admiralty brought by the United States in rem against the steamship Jupiter for violation of the Oil Pollution Act of June 7, 1924, c. 316, 33 U.S.C.A. §§ 431-437, prohibiting the discharge of oil into the coastal navigable waters of the United States.

The libel alleges that on April 24, 1956, there was discharged from the Jupiter, a vessel using oil as fuel for the generation of propulsion power, oil into the...

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