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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSP., ILL. v. AMERICAN COM'L LINES, INC.

No. 72 C 1771.

350 F.Supp. 835 (1972)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OF the STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN COMMERCIAL LINES, INC., a Delaware corporation, and Inland Tugs Co., a Delaware corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

November 20, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zeamore A. Ader, Special Asst. Ill. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

Michael A. Snyder, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION and ORDER

AUSTIN, District Judge.

This suit is brought under the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the court. (The complaint merely mentions F.R.Civ.P. 9(h), but presumably jurisdiction is invoked pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1333). Plaintiff alleges that defendants' negligent operation of its tow boat which was pushing eight barges was responsible for damage to its bob-tailed swing truss...

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