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EDWARD E. GILLEN CO. v. U.S.

No. 86-2834.

825 F.2d 1155 (1987)

EDWARD E. GILLEN COMPANY, a Wisconsin corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 3, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee J. Geronime, Michael Best & Friedrich, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiff-appellant.

Damon C. Miller, Torts Branch, Civil Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, the Edward E. Gillen Company, appeals from a final judgment dismissing its action against the United States brought under the Suits in Admiralty Act (46 U.S.C. § 741 et seq.) or, alternatively, the Public Vessels Act (46 U.S.C. § 781 et seq.). Plaintiff claims that defendant's negligence was responsible for the sinking of plaintiff's tugboat while it was towing a United States Coast Guard vessel, the U.S...

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