Legal Opinion
Slaven v. BP America, Inc.
District Court, C.D. California
Decided February 7, 2000No. CV 90-722 RJKPublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER PARTIALLY DECERTIFYING THE CLASS ACTION
KELLEHER, District Judge.
Defendants filed a joint motion to decertify the class of plaintiffs. Plaintiffs opposed the motion. The Court considered the papers and the record in this case, and heard extended oral argument on September 27,1999. The Court now grants in part Defendants’ motion to decertify the Plaintiff class.
INTRODUCTION
On February 7, 1990, the ship American Trader carried oil loaded from the Trans-Alaska pipeline from Alaska to California. Approximately one and one-half miles off the coast of Huntington Beach, the American Trader…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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