TUG ALLIE-B, INC. v. U.S.

No. 00-15305.

273 F.3d 936 (2001)

TUG ALLIE-B, INC., a corporation, as owner of the tug ALLIE B, a commercial tug boat, official document number 524008, Dann Ocean Towing, as operator of said vessel, in a cause of action for exoneration from or limitation of liability, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Claimant-Appellee, Allied Towing Corp., Claimant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 16, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Parrish, Samuel Allen Maroon, Phillip A. Buhler, Moseley, Warren, Prichard & Parrish, Jacksonville, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Michelle T. Delemarre, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Torts Branch, Civil Div., Washington, DC, for Claimant-Appellee.

David W. McCreadie, Lau, Lane, Pieper, Conley & McCreadie, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Claimant.

Before BLACK and BARKETT, Circuit Judges, and TIDWELL, District Judge.


BARKETT, Circuit Judge:

Tug Allie-B, Inc., and Dann Ocean Towing, Inc. (collectively "Tug Allie") appeal an order declaring that claims by the United States brought pursuant to the Park System Resources Protection Act, 16 U.S.C. § 19jj et seq. ("PSRPA"), for damages caused by the tug ALLIE-B to a coral reef while towing a barge owned by Allied Towing Corporation ("Allied"), are not subject to the Limitation of Vessel Owner's Liability Act, 46 U.S.C. app...

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