Mrs. Charles Jarvis et al., Appellants, v. United States of America et al., Appellees, 342 F.2d 799 (5th Cir. 1965)
Annotate this CaseAppeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana; Robert A. Ainsworth, Jr., Judge.
Raymond H. Kierr, New Orleans, La., Richard S. Salzman, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Kierr & Gainsburgh, New Orleans, La., for appellants.
Richard S. Salzman, Allan J. Weiss, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Kathleen Ruddell, Asst. U. S. Atty., New Orleans, La., Leavenworth Colby, Morton Hollander, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., John W. Douglas, Asst. Atty. Gen., Louis C. LaCour, U. S. Atty., for appellees.
Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, and JONES and ANDERSON,* Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Upon careful consideration of this appeal, we conclude that the judgment of the trial court should be affirmed. We can add nothing to the reasoning of the trial court, and, therefore, approve the opinion and adopt it as the opinion of this Court. See Petition of the United States of America Represented by Inland Waterways Corporation, a Government Agency; and, the Inland Waterways Corporation, a Government Agency, Wholly Owned by the United States, Created by Act of Congress as a Corporation of Columbia, the Documented Owner of the River Towboat Natchez, for Exoneration from, and/or Limitation of Liability 212 F. Supp. 214.
The judgment is affirmed.
Of the Second Circuit, sitting by designation
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