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121720P.pdf   08/30/2013  American River Transportation  v.  United States, Corp of Eng
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  12-1720
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and Melloy, Circuit 
   Judge] 
   Civil case - Admiralty. Because the United States chose to appear in the 
   limitation action to contest the complaint filed by American River 
   Transportation, it was required to show that it had the requisite standing 
   to do so; here, the government did not have statutory standing because it 
   failed to file a claim in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 
   Supplemental Rule F(5), which creates statutory standing requirements for 
   challenging limitations actions; therefore, because the government was 
   without standing, the district court erred by entertaining the 
   government's motion to dismiss the limitation complaint, and the order 
   dismissing the complaint is reversed. Chief Judge Riley, dissenting.