U.S. v. MOSS

No. 16-30561.

872 F.3d 304 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Don MOSS; Curtis Dantin; Grand Isle Shipyards, Incorporated; Christopher Srubar, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED September 27, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emily Katherine Greenfield , Kevin G. Boitmann , Nicholas D. Moses , Assistant U.S. Attorneys, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Walter Francis Becker, Jr., Esq. , Douglas L. Grundmeyer, Esq. , Charles Donald Marshall, III, Esq. , Chaffe McCall, L.L.P., Edward Joseph Castaing, Jr., Esq. , Crull, Castaing & Lilly, Harry A. Rosenberg, Esq. , Senior Attorney, David Matthew Korn, Esq. , Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P., Robert Steven Lemoine, Esq. , New Orleans, LA, Dane Christian Ball, Esq. , Shaun G. Clarke, Esq. , Alexander Michael Wolf , Smyser Kaplan & Veselka, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Ryan A. Smith , Brownstein Hyatt Farber Shreck, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae.

Before JONES, CLEMENT, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.


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