Legal Opinion
Collins v. National Transportation Safety Board
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 19, 2003No. 02-1298 & 03-1001PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.
STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge:
A Coast Guard administrative law judge found that Captain John Nitkin committed misconduct by failing to sound the warning signal — five whistle blasts — required by treaty, specifically Rule 34(d) of the 1972 International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 28 U.S.T. 3459 (“COL-REGS”), when a collision threatens. The Commandant of the Coast Guard affirmed the ALJ’s decision, but the National Transportation Safety Board reversed, finding that the text of Rule 34(d) rendered the…
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