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United States v. Moss

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided September 27, 2017No. 16-30561PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

A fatal welding accident occurred on an offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico in November 2012. Three years after that incident, the government indicted the owner and operator of the platform and several oil platform contractors, charging criminal violations of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), 43 U.S.C. §§ 1331, et seq., and the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ ,1251 et seq., as well as involuntary manslaughter. 18 U.S.C. § 1112. The defendants moved to dismiss. The district court left all of the charges in place except for the OCSLA charges…

2Cases cited23 opinions

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  2. Auer v. RobbinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  3. United States v. LanierSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  4. United States v. VonnSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  5. General Electric Co. v. GilbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1976

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3Cited by6 opinions

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  5. United States v. Jason Alexander PhiferCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2018

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