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UNITED STATES v. DAE RIM FISHERY CO., LTD.

No. 85-3524.

794 F.2d 1392 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DAE RIM FISHERY COMPANY, LTD., and Britannia Steamship Insurance Association, Ltd., in personam, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 18, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip A. Berns, Peter K. Mitchell, Dept. of Justice, Civ.Div., Torts Branch, West Coast Office, San Francisco, Cal., Richard Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Civ.Div., Washington, D.C., Michael R. Spaan, U.S. Atty., Anchorage, Alaska, for plaintiff-appellant.

Ann K. Stokes, Michael H. Woodell, Bradbury, Bliss & Riordan, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants-appellee.

Before WRIGHT and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges, and STRAND, District Judge.

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

The United States filed a complaint for recovery of oil pollution removal costs pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.1 On summary judgment, the district court held the government's suit barred for failure to file within the three-year statute of limitations prescribed for government tort claims. We reverse and hold that cost recovery actions under the...

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