In Re the Glacier Bay. United Cook Inlet Drift Assoc., an Alaska Cooperative Corp., on Behalf of a Class Comprising Its Members and Its Members' Deckhands v. Trinidad Corporation West of England Ship Owners Mark Hawker Kee Leasing Co. Mathiasen's Tanker Industries, Inc. Glacier Bay Transportation Corporation v. United States

71 F.3d 1447 1996 A.M.C. 379 , 95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8999 , 95 Daily Journal D.A.R. 15 ,743 In re The GLACIER BAY. UNITED COOK INLET DRIFT ASSOC., an Alaska Cooperative Corp., on Behalf of a Class Comprising Its Members and Its Members' Deckhands, Plaintiffs, v. TRINIDAD CORPORATION; West of England Ship Owners; Mark Hawker; Kee Leasing Co.; Mathiasen's Tanker Industries, Inc.; Glacier Bay Transportation Corporation, Defendants-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee. No. 94-35183. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 11, 1995. Decided Nov. 30, 1995. Dawn M. Schock, Keesal, Young & Logan, Los Angeles, California, for defendants-appellants. R. Michael Underhill, United States Trial Attorney, San Francisco, California, for defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. Before: POOLE, BOOCHEVER and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges. POOLE, Circuit Judge: 1 Various parties with interests in the oil tanker Glacier Bay (collectively "Trinidad") appeal the district court's dismissal of their suit against the United States under the Suits in Admiralty Act. Trinidad's suit alleges that the…