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SKOU v. UNITED STATES

No. 74-3366.

526 F.2d 293 (1976)

Ove SKOU, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 23, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathaniel G. W. Pieper, Tampa, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

John L. Briggs, U.S. Atty., Jacksonville, Fla., Oscar Blasingame, Asst. U.S. Atty., Tampa, Fla., Alfred H. O. Boudreau, Jr., Admiralty & Shipping Section, Dept. of Justice, Morton Hollander, Ronald R. Glancz, Dept. of Justice, Civil Div., App. Section, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee.

Before TUTTLE, THORNBERRY and CLARK, Circuit Judges:

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

Ove Skou, owner of the cargo liner MADS SKOU, appeals from that part of the judgment of the trial court which denied it damages for the loss of the vessel's use for a period of 10 and 5/12 days occasioned by having been struck and holed by an assisting Army tug. The trial court allowed damages by way of compensation for all of the repairs rendered necessary by the collision.

On May 10, 1969, while the plaintiff's vessel was maneuvering...

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