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UNIVERSE TANKSHIPS, INC. v. UNITED STATES

No. 75-1169.

528 F.2d 73 (1975)

UNIVERSE TANKSHIPS, INC., as Owner of the SS ORE CHIEF, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 29, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Palmer, Rawle & Henderson, Philadelphia, Pa. (Alfred J. Kuffler, Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel), for appellant.

Rex E. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert E. J. Curran, U.S. Atty., Stephen F. Eilperin, Thomas L. Jones, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before ALDISERT, GIBBONS and WEIS, Circuit Judges.

ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.

The owner of the Ore Chief, a bulk ore carrier that went aground in the Delaware River, sued the federal government for negligence, alleging that a channel depth statement the Corps of Engineers had published was inaccurate. The district judge found for the defendant, because he was "not convinced by a preponderance of the evidence presented that the Ore Chief went aground because of the government's conduct in issuing a channel depth statement...

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