Legal Opinion
United States v. Peavey Barge Line
District Court, C.D. Illinois
Decided January 9, 1984No. 81-4044PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
ROBERT D. MORGAN, District Judge.
This cause is pending for decision following a bench trial limited to the issue of allowable damages.
At all times pertinent to this cause, the United States owned Lock and Dam No. 15, located in the Mississippi River, at Rock Island, Illinois, and the Rock Island Arsenal Bridge, which is situated closely adjacent to, and upstream from, the dam. On July 15, 1978, the M/V Gremco, operated by defendant, 1 towing nine loaded barges, was moving downstream, approaching the dam from a northerly direction. As the tow approached the dam, one of the…
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