United States v. Nassau Marine Corp.

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

BEER, District Judge.

To the extent any of the following findings of fact constitute conclusions of law, they are adopted as such. To the extent any conclusions of law constitute findings of fact, they are so adopted.

Findings of Fact

THE PARTIES

1. The United States Government petitions this court for an injunction mandating defendants to remove a tank barge which sank on March 23, 1979, from navigable waters of the United States, and, alternatively, for a declaratory judgment that defendants are responsible for all removal costs which the United States may…