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TONEY v. UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

Civ. A. No. 74-24.

397 F.Supp. 307 (1975)

Estelita Lamartiniere TONEY, Individually and in her capacity as Personal Representative of the Decedent, Dewayne Toney, and in her capacity as the Natural Tutrix of Ruben Duane Toney and Sheranda Faye Toney, v. UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS and the United States of America.

United States District Court, M. D. Louisiana.

July 14, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Moore, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiff.

Douglas M. Gonzales, U. S. Atty., Robert S. Leake, Asst. U. S. Atty., M. D. La., Baton Rouge, La., Clayton G. Ramsey, Admiralty & Shipping Section, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for United States Army Corps of Engineers and the United States.

E. GORDON WEST, District Judge:

This suit, an action under general maritime law for wrongful death, was brought as a result of a collision between a small "bateau" boat in which the decedent Dewayne Toney was riding and an anchor barge owned by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, which occurred on the Mississippi River on January 15, 1974. Jurisdiction was founded upon the Constitution and laws of the United States, particularly the Suits in Admiralty Act,...

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