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A/S D/S SVENDBORG v. U.S.

No. 85 Civ. 4930 (JMW).

726 F.Supp. 1401 (1987)

A/S D/S SVENDBORG & D/S AF 1912 A/S, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiffs, v. A.P. MOLLER, Moller Steamship Company, Inc., A/S D/S SVENDBORG & D/S AF 1912 A/S and the West England Ship Owners Mutual Protection & Indemnity Association (Luxembourg), Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

October 7, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Freehill, Hogan & Mahar, New York City by Patrick J. Bonner, for Svendborg.

Richard K. Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Rudolph W. Giuliani, U.S. Atty., and Janis G. Schulmeisters, Atty. in Charge, Torts Branch, Civ. Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, New York City, for U.S.

ORDER

WALKER, District Judge:

On June 28, 1983, the vessel Peter Maersk, proceeding upstream on the Cape Fear River, approximately 15 miles from the Atlantic Ocean, struck a submerged cement object which ripped the ship's hull and resulted in the discharge of about 1,000 barrels of oil. Plaintiffs Svendborg et al. ("Svendborg") incurred costs of $58,969.40 in their clean-up of the oil spill. Svendborg sought recovery in this Court of its costs pursuant to...

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