Legal Opinion
Mid-South Holding Company, Inc. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 14, 2000No. 99-2488PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal we decide whether the “discretionary function” exception to the waiver of the United States’ sovereign immunity found in the Suits in Admiralty Act precludes a claim arising out of the allegedly negligent performance of a search of a vessel by the United States Customs Service and Coast Guard. We hold that it does.
I. BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On or about May 16, 1996, agents of the United States Customs Service and Coast Guard (collectively, the “Customs Service” 1 ) boarded the “Abner’s Choice” (the “vessel”), a commercial fishing vessel operated…
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