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UNITED STATES v. LE BEOUF BROS. TOWING CO., INC.

Nos. 74-2849, 74-3140.

537 F.2d 149 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Le BEOUF BROS. TOWING CO., INC., Defendant-Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. T/B CTCO 186-20, her tackle, apparel, furniture, etc. and T/B CTCO 185, etc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 12, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony J. P. Farris, U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., Gerald J. Gallinghouse, U. S. Atty., Leonard P. Avery, Asst. U. S. Atty., New Orleans, La., Helen M. Eversberg, Jack Shepard, Asst. U. S. Attys., Houston, Tex., Allen Van Emmerik, Admiralty & Shipping Section, Leonard Schaitman, Michael H. Stein, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Charles E. Lugenbuhl, Donald R. Abaunza, Thomas J. Grace, New Orleans, La., Thomas A. Brown, G. Byron Sims, Houston, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Lawrence K. Benson, John C. Christian, New Orleans, La., Benson, et al., amicus curiae.

John L. Hantel, New Orleans, La., for Tidewater Marine Service, amicus curiae.

Before TUTTLE and GEE, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 12, 1976.

GEE, Circuit Judge.

These two cases, which were consolidated on appeal, require us to determine the scope of the statutory immunity entailed when a corporation's agent reports an oil spill to the Coast Guard in the manner required by section 11(b)(4) of the Water Quality Improvement Act of 1970 (WQIA), 33 U.S.C. § 1161(b)(4) (1970), and section 311(b)(5) of its successor statute, the Federal Water...

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