United States Fifth Circuit

Sections 408 and 412 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 do not create an implied in personam remedy for the United States against the owner of a vessel that damages a public work.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/01/2000
• Published 12/01/2000

Judges

• W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:, Before WOOD, DAVIS and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bernard Haynie Ticer,Cindy Galpin Martin (argued), Burke & Mayer, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter Glenn Myer (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Torts Branch-Civ. Div., Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee., Richard Ben Foster (argued), Reginald R. White, III, Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, LA, for Claimant-Appellee.