United States v. Lebeouf Brothers Towing Co., Etc.

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• rejecting a similar attempt under subsection (f) to impose a third-party defense between the owners of the discharging vessel (a tanker barge) and the tugboat (the alleged third party
• third party defense under section 1321(f)(1) for oil spill from barge does not extend to tug towing barge at time of spill
• third party defense under section 1321(f)(1) for oil spill from barge does not extend to tug towing barge at time of spill
• The defendant sufficiently raised an identifiable party with sufficient evidence before the Court evaluated whether a contractual relationship barred the third party’s liability under the statute.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).