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UNITED STATES v. TANKER MONSOON

No. 7651.

433 F.2d 95 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner, Appellee, v. TANKER MONSOON, Respondent, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

October 23, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Dempsey, Boston, Mass., with whom Leo F. Glynn and Glynn & Dempsey, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellant.

Alan S. Rosenthal, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom William D. Ruckelshaus, Asst. Atty. Gen., David A. Brock, U. S. Atty., and Alexander P. Humphrey, IV, Atty., Dept. of Justice, were on brief, for appellee.

Before ALDRICH, Chief Judge, McENTEE and COFFIN, Circuit Judges.

ALDRICH, Chief Judge.

The night of April 9-10, 1969 the M/V MONSOON discharged a cargo of No. 6 Bunker oil at the Sprague Terminal, located on the New Hampshire side of the Piscataqua River at Atlantic Point, some two miles above the Portsmouth Navy Yard. In the early morning a complaint was made to the Coast Guard of oil spillage in the river. The officer in charge, a chief boatswain's mate, arrived and, finding the MONSOON the only tanker at any of the several terminals...

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