Legal Opinion

Bay State Towing Co. v. Barge American 21 (O.N. 517472)

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided March 30, 1990No. Nos. 89-1042, 89-1155 and 89-1335PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BREYER, Circuit Judge.

Bay State Towing Company, which owns a tugboat, sued New England Marine Services, which owns barges, claiming that New England owed it about $113,000 for tugboat towing for March, April, and May 1986 ($81,000 after deducting a fuel setoff of about $32,000). After a trial, the district court found that New England had no substantial defense; it awarded Bay State the $81,000 plus interest of about $19,000 (running from July 1, 1986, to the time of judgment); and it imposed a sanction against New England, amounting to $20,-000 in attorneys’ fees, for having filed an…

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