Legal Opinion
Olympia Sauna Compania Naviera, S.A. v. United States
District Court, D. Oregon
Decided September 11, 1984No. Civ. 80-699LEPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and ORDER
LEAVY, District Judge:
The Ypatia Haleoussi was being piloted by a local river pilot in March 1980 when she turned onto Warrior Rock Reef, in the Columbia River. Her owner, the plaintiff Olympia Sauna Compañía Naviera (Olympia), a Panamanian corporation, claims that the United States Coast Guard negligently mispositioned a buoy that marks the reef. Olympia contends that the mispositioned buoy was the sole cause of the vessel’s grounding. Olympia claims entitlement to damages under the Suits in Admiralty Act. 46 U.S.C. §§ 741-752.
The defendant, the United States, denies that…
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