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KENYON v. UNITED STATES

No. 80-4422.

676 F.2d 1229 (1981)

Anne KENYON and Charles Kenyon, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 23, 1981.

Rehearing Denied May 5, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bert S. Sakuda, Cronin, Fried, Sekiya, Haley & Kekina, Honolulu, Hawaii, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Marlin D. Seiders, Jr., Thomas S. Martin, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Civ. Div., Philip A. Berns, Atty. in Charge, Torts Branch, Civ. Div. Dept. of Justice, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Before KENNEDY and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges, and EAST, Senior District Judge.

OPINION

PER CURIAM.

THE APPEAL

Anne Kenyon and Charles Kenyon, wife and husband, (Kenyons) appeal the Final Judgment of the District Court dismissing their admiralty suit against the United States of America (Government) for lack of jurisdiction on the ground that the Kenyons failed to make "forthwith" service of a copy of the libel upon the Attorney General of the United States (Attorney General) as required by § 2 of the Suits in Admiralty...

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