Legal Opinion
Com. of Puerto Rico v. SS Zoe Colocotroni
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided August 29, 1978No. Civ. 252-73, 309-73PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION
TORRUELLA, District Judge.
The present cases are the. remnants of multiple suits 1 arising from the spillage of petroleum products by the SS ZOE COLOCOTRONI in the Caribbean Sea in the immediate vicinity of the Southwestern coast of Puerto Rico on March 18, 1973.
Civil Number 252-73 is a suit in admiralty, in rem and in personam, brought by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and its principal environmental agency, the Environmental Quality Board of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 2 seeking recovery for various environmental damages and cleanup costs pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal…
2Cases cited83 opinions
- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness SocietySupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Guaranty Trust Co. v. YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Guaranty Trust Co. v. YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- F. D. Rich Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Industrial Lumber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by27 opinions
- United States v. Northeastern Pharmaceutical & Chemical Co.District Court, W.D. Missouri · 1984
- Commonwealth of Puerto Rico v. The Ss Zoe Colocotroni, Her Engines, Appurtenances, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
- Continental Grain Company v. Puerto Rico Maritime Shipping AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
- Stella Reyes, Administratrix of the Estate of Florentino Reyes, Deceased v. Vantage Steamship Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. Donald E. DistlerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981
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