Legal Opinion
United States v. Republic Marine, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 1, 1987No. Nos. 86-1574, 86-1676PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents the question of whether the strict liability provisions of 33 U.S.C. §§ 408, 412 require that a vessel be held liable for damage to a lock wall even though the government may have been the sole cause of the damage. We conclude that it does not, and will reverse and remand to the district court to provide the defendants with an opportunity to attempt to show that the government’s maintenance of the lock was the sole cause. The appeal also questions the district judge’s assumption of jurisdiction over Barge CCT-124. On that question we will…
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