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HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO., LTD., Pohang Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., the Oriental Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd., the Shin Dong-A Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd., Daehan Fire, Marine Insurance Co., Ltd., International Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd., Koryo Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd., First Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd., Haedong Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd., the Ankuk Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd., Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Ltd., Lucky Insurance Co., Ltd., Korea Automobile Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd.
v.
United States
No. 959, Docket 95-6178.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Jan 26, 1996.
75 F.3d 134
John W. Wall, New York City (Richard V. Singleton, Healy & Baillie, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellants., Janis C. Schulmeisters, U.S. Dept, of Justice, New York City (Frank W. Hunger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jack S. Rockafellow, U.S. Dept, of Justice, Mary Jo White, U.S. Atty., S.D.N.Y., New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellee.
Friedman, Mahoney, Newman.
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JON O. NEWMAN, Chief Judge:

This is an appeal from the June 6, 1995, judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of New York (Peter K. Leisure, Judge), dismissing a tort claim against the United States as barred by 10 U.S.C. § 2798 (1994). Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. v. United States, 888 F.Supp. 543 (S.D.N.Y. 1995). The appeal presents essentially two issues: (a) whether a suit based on the failure of the Defense Mapping Agency to up[*135] date a navigational chart is within the scope of section 2798, which provides that “[n]o civil action may be brought against the United States on the basis of the content of a navigational aid prepared or disseminated by the Defense Mapping Agency,” and (b) if so, whether the application of section 2798 in this case denies the appellants any constitutional rights.

The District Court answered the first question in the affirmative and the second question in the negative, and therefore dismissed the suit. We affirm on the basis of Judge Leisure’s comprehensive and well-reasoned opinion.