UNITED STATES v. HOLLYWOOD MARINE, INC.

No. 80-1647.

625 F.2d 524 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HOLLYWOOD MARINE, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

Rehearing Denied October 15, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen van Emmerik, Thomas W. Snook, Civil Div., Torts Branch, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Brown, Sims & Ayre, Ronald L. White, Houston, Tex., for Hollywood Marine, Inc. & Water Quality Ins. Syndicate.

Before BROWN, POLITZ, and TATE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The appellant, the United States, seeks summary reversal of the lower court judgment disallowing any recovery for the costs of the clean-up of an oil spill from the appellee, Hollywood Marine. The United States bases its motion on a recent opinion by this court, United States v. LeBeouf Bros. Towing Co., 621 F.2d 787 (5th Cir. 1980), which reversed a district court decision relied upon by the court below in the...

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