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SHIPMAN v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 429-69-N.

309 F.Supp. 441 (1970)

Henry C. SHIPMAN, an infant under the age of twenty-one years, who sues by Mrs. Donald D. Munden, his sister and next friend, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, E. D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

February 25, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Augustus Anninos, Norfolk, Va., for plaintiff.

Anthony W. Gross, Admiralty & Shipping, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., James A. Oast, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Norfolk, Va., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM

WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Chief Judge.

In this action plaintiff seeks to recover an informer's fee under 33 U.S.C., section 411, which provides for an award to any person "giving information which shall lead to a conviction" of one-half of the fine imposed upon any defendant.

On April 29, 1968, the United States of America, acting through the United States Attorney, filed a complaint in the case of United States of America v. S.S. EXIRIA...

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