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July 2014

Vol. 19, No. 29 Week of July 20, 2014

Furie denied appeal in Jones Act case

A federal judge recently dealt Furie Operating Alaska LLC yet another setback in its effort to fend off a $15 million Jones Act penalty.

The Jones Act is a shipping law. Federal authorities say Furie violated this law in 2011 when it used a foreign ship to haul a jack-up drilling rig partway from Texas to Alaska’s Cook Inlet.

In March, U.S. District Judge John W. Sedwick denied Furie’s motion to dismiss the government’s claim to the fine, which the company calls excessive.

Furie subsequently moved for permission to file an “interlocutory appeal” in a higher court. This is a kind of appeal made before a case concludes in the trial court.

Lawyers for the government opposed Furie’s motion for the appeal.

On July 1, Sedwick denied Furie’s motion.

And so, the case continues in the Alaska federal court.

- Wesley Loy






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