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U.S. v. AMERICAN COMMERCIAL LINES, L.L.C.

No. 16-31150.

875 F.3d 170 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. AMERICAN COMMERCIAL LINES, L.L.C., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed November 7, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah Susan Keast, Esq. , Benjamin Ryan Sweeney , Trial Attorneys, Jill Dahlmann Rosa , U.S. Department of Justice, Michael Anthony DiLauro, Esq. , Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division Torts Branch, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

John A. V. Nicoletti, Esq. , Terry L. Stoltz , Nicoletti, Hornig & Sweeney, New York, NY, Richard David Bertram, Esq. , Glenn G. Goodier , Jones Walker, L.L.P., for Defendant-Appellant.

Before SMITH, OWEN, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.

On July 23, 2008, nearly 300,000 gallons of oil spilled into the Mississippi River when a tugboat veered across the river, putting the oil-filled barge it towed into the path of an ocean-going tanker. The tugboat, the M/V MEL OLIVER, was owned by American Commercial...

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