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MATTER OF VEST TRANSP. CO., INC.

No. GC 73-59-S.

434 F.Supp. 748 (1977)

In the Matter of VEST TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, INC., as owner of the M/V DOUBLE D, praying for exoneration from or limitation of liability.

United States District Court, N. D. Mississippi, Greenville Division.

March 23, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Dye, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Northern Dist. of Mississippi, Oxford, Miss., Rex E. Lee, B. Wayne Vance, Admiralty & Shipping Section, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., James L. Robertson, Campbell & DeLong, Douglas Abraham, Abraham, Gleason & Powell, Frank S. Thackston, Jr., Lake, Tindall, Hunger & Thackston, Greenville, Miss.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

ORMA R. SMITH, District Judge.

This action is before the court for a determination of the claim of the United States of America for a civil penalty of $5,000 assessed against defendant Vest Transportation Company (Vest) pursuant to 33 U.S.C. § 1321(b)(6).

The matter has been submitted by the parties on the record, which includes a joint stipulation of facts and briefs of the parties, without oral argument.

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