Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit October 8, 1981, 79-2290 (United States v. Arrow Transportation Company, Tennessee Valley Sand & Gravel Company, in Personam and M/v Alamo (Ex-Atco), Etc.)

SIMPSON, Circuit Judge;

The United States brought this suit in admiralty under the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, 33 U.S.C. § 401 et seq., more specifically 33 U.S.C. §§ 403, 409, 411 and 412,

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to recover the cost of removing a

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barge from the bottom of the Tennessee River and statutory penalties.