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WHITNEY S.S. CO. v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 799, 837, Dockets 83-6133, 83-6147.

747 F.2d 69 (1984)

WHITNEY STEAMSHIP COMPANY, as Owner of the M/V SAM LAUD, Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided October 16, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janis G. Schulmeisters, U.S. Dept. of Justice, New York City (J. Paul McGrath, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., and Roger P. Williams, U.S. Atty., Buffalo, N.Y., on the brief), for defendant-appellant cross-appellee.

Fenton F. Harrison, Buffalo, N.Y. (Harrison & Gruber, Buffalo, N.Y., on the brief) for plaintiff-appellee cross-appellant.

Before TIMBERS and CARDAMONE, Circuit Judges, and TENNEY, Senior District Judge, Southern District of New York, sitting by designation.

TIMBERS, Circuit Judge:

More than a decade and a half ago, then Chief Judge Aldrich of the First Circuit stated that his Court refused to be a party to adding to the Coast Guard's honored motto, "Semper Paratus" (Always Ready), the words "Interdum Prudens" (Sometimes Careful). United States v. Sandra & Dennis Fishing Corp., 372 F.2d 189, 197 (1 Cir.), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 836 (1967). That is the touchstone of the...

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