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COUMOU v. U.S.

Nos. 95-30219, 95-30697.

107 F.3d 290 (1997)

Bram C. COUMOU, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant, and Lieutenant Jacoblowski; Commander Mizell; Lieutenant Kontratowicz, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 26, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Newman Vance, George J. Fowler, III, Jeffry L. Sanford, Rice & Fowler, New Orleans, LA, Keith Bernard Letourneau, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Coumou.

Thomas Mark Bondy, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, Richard T. Buckingham, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Ruth Morris Force, Assistant U.S. Attorney, New Orleans, LA, Mark Bernard Stern, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for U.S. and Defendants.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

POLITZ, Chief Judge:

The United States appeals the bench trial judgment finding it liable for personal injury and property damages incurred by Bram C. Coumou. We conclude that the district court improperly predicated liability on the federal extradition statutes, 18 U.S.C. § 3181 et seq., and the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, 46 U.S.C.App. § 1903. It remains for resolution, however, whether the government engaged in negligent conduct that is...

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