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DORAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 72-1330.

475 F.2d 742 (1973)

Richard P. DORAN, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 22, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morton Hollander, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Harlington Wood, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Julio Morales Sanchez, U. S. Atty., and Michael Kimmel, Atty., Dept. of Justice, were on brief, for defendant, appellant.

Juan R. Torruella, Hato Rey, P. R., with whom Pieras & Torruella, Hato Rey, P. R., was on brief, for plaintiff, appellee.

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

PER CURIAM.

The government, successful in defending an admiralty suit, filed a substantial bill of costs three months after judgment. The plaintiff objected, in part because the bill was not filed within ten days of judgment as required by a rule of the district court dated July 9, 1952. The government claimed that it had relied on a 1946 edition of the district court rules, which contained no time limitation, that the U. S. Attorney's office had no knowledge of the...

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