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UNITED STATES v. M/V BIG SAM

Civ. A. No. 78-86.

505 F.Supp. 1029 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America v. M/V BIG SAM, in rem, Tri-Capt, Inc., Zito Towing, Inc., ABC Insurance Co., T/B BUTANE, in rem, Keith S. Edwards, and Water Quality Insurance Syndicate.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana.

January 22, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Volz, U. S. Atty., Leonard P. Avery, Asst. U. S. Atty., New Orleans, La., James A. Lewis, Admiralty & Shipping Section, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff United States of America.

Normand R. Pizza, Reuter & Reuter, New Orleans, La., for defendants M/V BIG SAM and Zito Towing, Inc.

Thomas J. Wagner, Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, New Orleans, La., for defendant Mission Insurance Co.

HEEBE, Chief Judge:

On April 25, 1975, the M/V BIG SAM collided with an oil-carrying barge, the T/B BUTANE, in the Mississippi River and caused a substantial oil spill. The United States cleaned up the oil spill. Suit was filed on the collision, which included all parties to the collision as litigants. Judgment was rendered in the suit on April 29, 1977. The Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law reached in that suit, Naptha Barge Co. v. Continental Navigation...

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