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UNITED STATES v. CHERAMIE BO-TRUC # 5, INC.

No. 74-2790.

538 F.2d 696 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHERAMIE BO-TRUC # 5, INC., and Cheramie Bo-Truc # 7, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 13, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Porteous, III, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellants.

Gerald J. Gallinghouse, U. S. Atty., Leonard P. Avery, Asst. U. S. Atty., New Orleans, La., Allen VanEmmerik, Admiralty & Shipping Sec., Dept. of Justice, Leonard Schaitman, Paul Blankenstein, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TUTTLE and GEE, Circuit Judges.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

Appellants, each of which submitted mandatory reports to the Coast Guard after a vessel belonging to it was involved in a disaster at sea, appeal from the lower court's imposition of fines proposed by the Coast Guard for violations of 46 U.S.C. § 222 (1970),1 which provides penalties for failure to man vessels at specified levels. Appellants challenge the Coast Guard's use of the statutorily-required report as...

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