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UNITED STATES v. MORAN TOWING & TRANSPORTATION CO.

Nos. 9867, 9868.

374 F.2d 656 (1967)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. MORAN TOWING & TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Incorporated, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. BETHLEHEM STEEL COMPANY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 10, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Owen, Baltimore, Md. (William R. Dorsey, III, and Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellant in No. 9868.

Southgate L. Morison, Baltimore, Md. (Ober, Williams & Grimes, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellant in No. 9867.

Martin Jacobs, Atty., Department of Justice (John W. Douglas, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Alan S. Rosenthal, Atty., Department of Justice, on brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and SOBELOFF and BOREMAN, Circuit Judges.

HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge.

The controversy involves the duty and financial burden of removal of the broken hulk of what once was a floating dry dock. The United States contends that the financial burden rests upon Bethlehem Steel Company, the owner, and Moran Towing & Transportation Company, Incorporated whose tugs had the dock in tow, because, under the relevant statutes, the dry dock was not a vessel or craft, and, even...

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