United States Ninth Circuit

In a dispute arising from the collision between an oil tanker and tug boat, a judgment favoring the tanker operator is reversed where the district court erred in ruled that the situation presented -special circumstances- that provided an exception to the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGS), because the plain language of the COLREGS precluded such a broad exception.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/17/2005
• Decided 05/08/2006
• Published 05/08/2006

Judges

• McKEOWN, Circuit Judge., Before RICHARD D. CUDAHY,T.G. NELSON, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Vincent R. Larson, Daniel J. Gunter, and C. William West, Riddell Williams P.S., Seattle, WA, for plaintiff-appellant Crowley Marine Services, Inc.


• For Appellees:
  
• Marc E. Warner, LeGros, Buchanan & Paul, Seattle, WA, for defendant-appellee Maritrans Operating Company L.P.