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UNITED STATES v. DIXIE CARRIERS, INC.

Civ. A. No. 77-2090.

560 F.Supp. 796 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. DIXIE CARRIERS, INC. Water Quality Insurance Syndicate, in personam M/V Dixie Buccaneer T/B ABC 2311, in rem, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

April 4, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen van Emmerik, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, Machale A. Miller, New Orleans, La., for defendant Water Quality Ins. Syndicate.

Donald A. Abaunza, New Orleans, La., for defendant Dixie Carriers, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

CASSIBRY, District Judge:

The issue presently before the Court is the amount of recovery by the United States against the Barge ABC-2311, its owner Dixie Carriers, Inc., and Dixie Carriers' insurer, the Water Quality Insurance Syndicate (WQIS), under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (FWPCA), 33 U.S.C. § 1321(f), for the United States' oil pollution cleanup costs resulting from an oil spill on June 22, 1974. Previously...

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