HAHN v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 653, 690.

218 F.Supp. 562 (1963)

Mahlon E. HAHN, Libelant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent (two cases).

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Newport News Division.

June 13, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William McL. Ferguson, Newport News, Va., W. Robert Phelps, Jr., Denbigh, Va., for libelant.

William E. Gwatkin, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Admiralty & Shipping Section, Washington, D. C., for respondent.


WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Chief Judge.

These actions stand on motions for summary judgment filed by respondent United States of America. For reasons hereinafter stated the motions must be granted.

On February 8, 1960, three vessels owned and operated by the United States ran aground at the site of libelant's oyster beds in the Warwick River near Newport News, Virginia. Libelant contends that, as a result of this grounding, approximately 39 acres of oyster and oyster...

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