United States DC Circuit

Coast Guard administrative law judge reasonably applied rule 34(d) of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea in finding plaintiff to have committed misconduct by failing to sound the warning signal when a collision threatened.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/10/2003
• Decided 12/19/2003
• Published 12/19/2003

Judges

• Before:  RANDOLPH, ROGERS, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John S. Koppel, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for petitioner.   With him on the briefs were Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., U.S. Attorney, and Robert S. Greenspan, Attorney.  Michael E. Robinson, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, entered an appearance., Andrew W. Anderson argued the cause and filed the brief for intervenor.