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HARRELL v. U.S.

Nos. 88-3494, 88-3606.

875 F.2d 828 (1989)

William J. HARRELL, Patricia Parker, and Karen Schamm, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America, LTJG Atkin, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 14, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Donlon, Trial Atty., Torts Branch, Civil Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Barbara L. Herwig, Dept. of Justice, Wendy Keats, Washington, D.C., for U.S.

Anthony J. LaSpada, Joseph A. Eustace, Jr., George P. Kickliter, Tampa, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before HILL and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges, and GARZA, Senior Circuit Judge.

HILL, Circuit Judge:

I. FACTS

The plaintiffs brought this suit against the United States and an individual Coast Guard officer, Lieutenant Junior Grade Thomas Atkin, for damages allegedly arising from the December 1985 arrest, search and detention of the plaintiffs for suspected drug violations on the high seas.

In December 1985, plaintiffs were sailing in the Bahamas aboard the vessel the Great Escape....

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