Legal Opinion

United States v. M/V BIG SAM

District Court, E.D. Louisiana

Decided January 22, 1981No. Civ. A. 78-86PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

HEEBE, Chief Judge:

On April 25, 1975, the M/V BIG SAM collided with an oil-carrying barge, the T/B BUTANE, in the Mississippi River and caused a substantial oil spill. The United States cleaned up the oil spill. Suit was filed on the collision, which included all parties to the collision as litigants. Judgment was rendered in the suit on April 29, 1977. The Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law reached in that suit, Naptha Barge Co. v. Continental Navigation Co., No. 75-1281 (E.D.La.), have been stipulated to by the parties and agreed to as binding on them for the purposes of this suit.

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2Cases cited9 opinions

Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Company v. Export Drum Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
Ernest E. Burgess v. M/v Tamano, Appeal of United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1977
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, BY AND THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME v. SS BournemouthDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1969
United States v. Dixie Carriers, Inc., and Water Quality Insurance Syndicate, in Personam and M/v Dixie Buccaneer and T/b Abc 2311, in RemCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
United States v. Lebeouf Brothers Towing Co., Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980

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3Cited by1 opinion

United States v. M/v Big Sam, in RemCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982