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UNITED STATES v. BARGE SHAMROCK

No. 79-1603.

635 F.2d 1108 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. The BARGE SHAMROCK, her tackle appurtenances, etc., and Harbor Towing Corporation, Shell Oil Company and Water Quality Insurance Syndicate, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 10, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred Mollin, Washington, D. C. (Alice Daniel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., Russell T. Baker, Jr., U. S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., Leonard Schaitman, Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Appellate Section, Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellant.

John Henry Lewin, Jr., Baltimore, Md. (James K. Archibald, Venable, Baetjer & Howard, John T. Ward, M. Hamilton Whitman, Jr., Ober, Grimes & Shriver, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellees.

Before WINTER, WIDENER and SPROUSE, Circuit Judges.

SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:

On September 6, 1978, the United States filed this action to recover $462,098.00 in costs expended by the Government in removing an oil spill. The district court, holding the action barred by a statute of limitations, granted summary judgment for the defendants and the Government appeals.

The Barge Shamrock discharged the oil while being loaded at Wagners Point, Baltimore Harbor, Maryland, on August 10, 1975. The defendants are...

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