Legal Opinion
Marine Coatings of Alabama v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 8, 1996No. 94-6200PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Chief Judge:
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Following a bench trial in the district court, Marine Coatings of Alabama, Inc., recovered a judgment against the United States for work performed on three naval vessels as a repair subcontractor of Braswell Shipyards, Inc. 1 The judgment included an award of pre-judgment interest; it also included an award of attorney’s fees. In this appeal, the Government challenges the award of pre-judgment interest, contending that the Public Vessels Act, ch. 428, 43 Stat. 1112 (1925), 46 U.S.C.App. §§ 781-790 (1988), the statute that supposedly waives the Government’s sovereign…
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- The SirenSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
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