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SORIANO v. UNITED STATES

No. 72-2324.

494 F.2d 681 (1974)

Dewey SORIANO, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America and Commandant, United States Coast Guard, an agency of the Department of Transportation, of the United States of America, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

March 21, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob A. Mikkelborg (argued), Charles E. Watts, Moriarty, Long, Mikkelborg & Broz, Seattle, Wash., for appellant.

Harriet Shapiro (argued), Thomas J. Press, Kathryn H. Baldwin, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Albert E. Stephan, Asst. U. S. Atty., Seattle, Wash., Robert J. Finan, Dept. of Justice, San Francisco, Cal., for appellees.

Before ELY, CHOY and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges.

ALFRED T. GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

Dewey Soriano appeals from a judgment affirming a decision by the Commandant of the Coast Guard suspending Soriano's federal pilot's license for one year. We agree with Soriano's contention that the Commandant exceeded his jurisdiction, and reverse the judgment.

On September 20, 1967, Soriano was piloting a Liberian vessel when it collided with another vessel in Puget Sound. Although Soriano had a federal pilot's license,...

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