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SHERIDAN TRANSP. CO. v. U.S.

No. 86-3822.

834 F.2d 467 (1987)

SHERIDAN TRANSPORTATION Co., and Tug New York Co., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 21, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott R. Wheaton, Jr. and Charles E. Lugenbuhl, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

David V. Hutchinson, Torts Branch, Civ. Div., Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.

Before REAVLEY, WILLIAMS and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

The owners of the barge MARY J. SHERIDAN [SHERIDAN barge] appeal the district court's finding that they were solely to blame for the barge's allision with the submerged wrecks of the GENEVIEVE LYKES and the LETITIA LYKES [the wrecks] in the Mississippi River near New Orleans. We conclude that the district court's findings as to legally relevant facts are incomplete; that the court failed to address certain factual and legal considerations...

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