Legal Opinion
Martin Operating Partnership v. United States
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided May 13, 2014No. Civil Action No. 4:12-cv-3483Published
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
VANESSA D. GILMORE, District Judge.
Pending before the Court is Defendants’, United States and United States Coast Guard’s (“USCG”) (collectively, “Defendants”) Motion to Dismiss. (Instrument No. 25).
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This is a claim for damages asserted under the Suits in Admiralty Act (“SAA”), 46 U.S.C. §§ 30901-309181 and the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346. Plaintiff Martin Operating Partnership, LP (“Martin” or “Plaintiff’) is a Texas limited partnership that owns and operates a tank barge named the Ponciana which was scheduled to be inspected by the USCG on March 4, 2011, in…
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