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UNIVERSE TANKSHIPS, INC. v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 41815.

388 F.Supp. 276 (1974)

UNIVERSE TANKSHIPS, INC., as owner of the SS ORE CHIEF v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

December 19, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred J. Kuffler, Richard W. Palmer, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Thomas L. Jones, Admiralty & Shipping Sec., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant.

OPINION AND ORDER

HUYETT, District Judge.

This case requires that we scrutinize the degree of care employed by the government in surveying the depths of navigable waters of the Delaware River. The factual context in which we make this examination of defendant's conduct arises from the grounding of the bulk ore carrier S.S. Ore Chief on January 3, 1965. At approximately 11:39 A.M. on that date the Ore Chief went aground in the vicinity of the Delaware River...

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