Legal Opinion
De Bardeleben Marine Corp., as Successor in Interest to Blue Stack Towing Company v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 8, 1971No. 29360PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
This case is a novelty. It presents for our consideration such seemingly disparate questions as (i) the overlap of the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) and the Suits in Admiralty Act (SIA) and (ii) the duty of the United States as cartographer. The Government presents an impressive array of theories which would preclude it from any liability. Though we reject practically all of them, we nonetheless reverse and hold that the Government should escape unscathed.
In the Beginning
In early 1964, Blue Stack Towing Company 1 was in the business of providing tug services in the…
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