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COMPLAINT OF ALLIED TOWING CORP.

Civ. A. No. 78-407-N.

478 F.Supp. 398 (1979)

In the Matter of the Complaint of ALLIED TOWING CORPORATION, as owner of the BARGE ATC-133 for exoneration from or limitation of liability.

United States District Court, E. D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

October 10, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carter T. Gunn, Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, Va., for petitioner.

John F. Kane, Asst. U. S. Atty., Norfolk, Va., Michael K. Bell, Torts Branch, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Timothy G. Hayes, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Virginia, Richmond, Va., for respondent.

OPINION AND ORDER

CLARKE, District Judge.

On the morning of February 27, 1978, the barge ATC-133, owned by Allied Towing Corporation (Allied), sank in the Chesapeake Bay, spilling part of its cargo of # 6 oil into the Bay. Thereafter, Allied filed a Complaint seeking exoneration from or limitation of liability under the Limitation of Liability Act, 46 U.S.C. §§ 181-89 (1976)1

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