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ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY COM'N v. ARKANSAS RIVER CO.

Nos. 00-2767, 00-2834 and 00-2837.

271 F.3d 753 (2001)

ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. ARKANSAS RIVER COMPANY, Appellee; United States of America, Appellant. Arkansas State Highway Commission, Appellant, v. Arkansas River Company; United States of America, Appellees. Arkansas State Highway Commission, Appellee, v. Arkansas River Company, Appellant; United States of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: October 16, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce G. Forrest, Washington, D.C., argued (David W. Ogden, Robert S. Greenspan, David Hutchinson and Peter G. Meyer, on the brief), for appellant/cross-appellee United States of America.

Lawrence W. Jackson, Little Rock, Arkansas, argued (Robert T. Wilson, on the brief), for appellant/cross-appellee Arkansas State Highway Commission.

Ernest Lane III, Greenville, Mississippi, pro se.

Before HANSEN, MAGILL, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

The Arkansas State Highway Commission (Commission) initiated this maritime action to recover the expenses it incurred in repairing the bridge that spans the Mississippi River at Helena, Arkansas. The bridge was damaged when the Arkansas River Co.'s pushboat, the M/V James R. Hines (Hines), rammed a dragline barge into the underside of the bridge. Following a bench trial, the district court1 found that...

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