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UNITED CONTINENTAL TUNA CORPORATION v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 72-1189, 73-2417.

499 F.2d 774 (1974)

UNITED CONTINENTAL TUNA CORPORATION, a corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee. John A. KROH, Sr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 21, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis J. MacLaughlin (argued), Lillick, McHose, Wheat, Adams & Charles, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Paul Gary Sterling (argued), Admiralty & Shipping Section, U. S. Dept. of Justice, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Before KOELSCH, HUFSTEDLER and TRASK, Circuit Judges.

TRASK, Circuit Judge:

This case requires us to consider the interrelationship of the 1960 amendments to the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C. §§ 741-752, as amended, September 13, 1960, Pub.L. 86-770, § 3, 74 Stat. 912; the Public Vessels Act, 46 U.S.C. §§ 781-790, and the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671 et seq. It arises in the context of two suits brought by the owners of a fishing vessel who allege that the...

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