State Of Oregon v. Tug Go Getter

398 F.2d 873 STATE OF OREGON, By and Through its STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION, composed of Glenn L. Jackson, Kenneth N. Fridley and David B. Simpson, Appellant, v. TUG GO GETTER et al., including Olson Towboat Co., a California corporation, Appellee. No. 22233. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. July 16, 1968. Robert Y. Thornton, Atty. Gen. of Oregon, George E. Rohde, Chief Counsel, Oregon State Highway Commission, Salem, Ore., William F. White (argued) of White, Sutherland & Gilvertson, Portland, Ore., for appellant. Walter H. Evans, Jr. (argued), Portland, Ore., Samuel L. Holmes of Angell, Adams & Holmes, San Francisco, Cal., for appellee. Before HAMLIN, MERRILL and ELY, Circuit Judges. HAMLIN, Circuit Judge. 1 State of Oregon, appellant herein, filed a libel in the District Court for the District of Oregon against tug GO GETTER, her engines, apparel and equipment, Sause Bros. Ocean Towing Co., an Oregon corporation, Oliver J. Olson & Co., a California corporation, and Olson Towboat Co., a California corporation, seeking damages as a result of a collision in the Coquille River of the barge J. WHITNEY (being towed by the tug GO GETTER) with appellant's bridge.…