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CRANFORD v. UNITED STATES

No. 06-10685.

466 F.3d 955 (2006)

EDDIE TYRONE CRANFORD, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Third-Party-Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HOWARD MELECH, DIANE G. MELECH, as Personal Representative and Administratrix of the Estate of Ronald C. Melech, deceased, Third-Party-Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 5, 2006.

PRYOR, Circuit Judge.

The issue in this appeal is whether the "discretionary function exception" to the waivers of sovereign immunity in the Suits in Admiralty Act and the Public Vessels Act applies to decisions of federal officials in marking and choosing not to remove a submerged wreck. Eddie Tyrone Cranford, Howard Melech, and Diane Melech filed complaints against the United States regarding personal injuries and death suffered in an allision of a pleasure boat...

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