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GRETCHEN v. UNITED STATES

No. 51, Docket 79-6072.

618 F.2d 177 (1980)

John E. GRETCHEN, Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 25, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. Howe, Civil Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C. (Barbara Allen Babcock, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington D.C., Robert B. Fiske, Jr., U. S. Atty., S. D. New York, Gilbert S. Fleischer, Civil Division, Dept. of Justice, New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

Alan H. Buchsbaum, Semel, Patrusky & Buchsbaum, New York City, for appellee.

Before MOORE, OAKES and NEWMAN, Circuit Judges.

OAKES, Circuit Judge:

The Government appeals from an award made by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Robert J. Ward, Judge, in a suit under the Public Vessels Act, 46 U.S.C. §§ 781-790, which incorporates the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C. §§ 741-752. Plaintiff, the chief mate of the S.S. Washington, a de-mothballed public vessel, sued for injuries sustained at sea in the early morning of October 17, 1977...

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