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GREER v. UNITED STATES

No. 74-1864 Summary Calendar.

505 F.2d 90 (1974)

Glenn D. GREER, Individually, and as owner of the F/V MARIBO, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee-Cross Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 13, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. Milton, Jacksonville, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant-cross-appellee.

John L. Briggs, U. S. Atty., Manuel Menendez, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Jacksonville, Fla., David V. Hutchinson, Stephen F. Eilperin, Attys., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant-appellee-cross-appellant.

Before BELL, SIMPSON and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This appeal follows a judgment in favor of Glenn Greer, owner of the fishing vessel MARIBO, for damages occasioned when the vessel collided with the south jetty at the entrance to the St. Johns River. The court found that the Coast Guard was negligent in failing to properly maintain a buoy marking the south jetty and that its negligence caused this incident to occur. The United States denies it was negligent and contends that appellant Greer was contributorily...

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