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SOUTHERN NATURAL GAS CO. v. PONTCHARTRAIN MAT.

No. 82-3155.

711 F.2d 1251 (1983)

SOUTHERN NATURAL GAS COMPANY, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. PONTCHARTRAIN MATERIALS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees, United States of America, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 16, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Lewis, Torts Branch, Civil Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellant.

Liskow & Lewis, Donald R. Abaunza, Thomas M. McNamara, Lafayette, La., for Southern.

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, James B. Kemp, Jr., C. Theodore Alpaugh, III, Antonio J. Rodriguez, Edward F. LeBreton, III, New Orleans, La., for Pont. Dredging & Pont. Material.

Before THORNBERRY, GEE and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 16, 1983.

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

I. Introduction:

The United States and the Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps)1 appeal the judgment of the district court holding them liable for 40% of the damages incurred as a result of a dredge hitting a submarine gas pipeline.2 Finding no error below, we affirm.

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