Legal Opinion
Sea Hawk Seafoods, Inc. v. Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 16, 2000No. Nos. 98-35796, 98-35807, 98-36087, and 98-36117PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:
This is one of several appeals before this panel relating to the Exxon Valdez oil spill litigation. The subject of this appeal is whether the $5 billion punitive damages verdict against Exxon, and the $5,000 punitive damages award against Hazelwood, should be set aside because of irregularities during jury deliberations. We affirm the district court order that it should not. This decision goes only to the motion to vacate the judgment for irregularities during jury deliberations. It does not purport to decide the issue of the amount of damages, compensatory and…
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3Cited by5 opinions
- In Re: The Exxon Valdez, Grant Baker, as Representatives of the Mandatory Punitive Damages Class v. Joseph Hazelwood, and Exxon Corporation Exxon Shipping Company, in Re: The Exxon Valdez, Grant Baker, as Representatives of the Mandatory Punitive Damages Class v. Exxon Corporation Exxon Shipping Company, and Joseph Hazelwood, Daniel R. Calhoun Bradford J. Chisholm David P. Clarke Thomas S. McAllister Phillip G. McCrudden Michael J. McClenaghan Guy Piercey Hugh Wisner Grant C. Baker Larry L. Dooley Kim J. Ewers John W. Herschleb Kent Herschleb David B. Horne Michael J. Owecke Gerald E. Thorne George A. Gordaoff Old Harbor Native Corporation Timberline, Inc. Barbara Brown John Foges Jamie L. Halladay Charles McMahon Jennifer Briggs Terri Mast Mark T. Coles Fred Galicano Mike Hollerbeke Kathy Bryan Vincent Libed Art Huddleston Opinion Robert Love Roxane Villaueva Marcelo Rombaoa Scott Hulbert Brian Gillis Frank Michael Carlson Elenor McMullen Native Village of Larsen Bay Native Village of Chenega Bay v. Exxon Corporation Exxon Shipping Company Joseph HazelwoodCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- United States v. RosenthalDistrict Court, N.D. California · 2003
- United States v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
- Baker ex rel. Mandatory Punitive Damages Class v. HazelwoodCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- Sea Hawk Seafoods, Inc. Cook Inlet Processors, Inc. Sagaya Corp. William McMurren Patrick L. McMurren William W. King George C. Norris Hunter Cranz Richard Feenstra Wilderness Sailing Safaris Seafood Sails Rapid Systems Pacific Ltd. v. Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. Exxon Corporation Exxon Shipping Company, and Joseph Hazelwood, Sea Hawk Seafoods, Inc. Cook Inlet Processors, Inc. Sagaya Corp. William McMurren Patrick L. McMurren William W. King George C. Norrishunter Cranz Richard Feenstra Wilderness Sailing Safaris Seafood Sails Rapid Systems Pacific Ltd. v. Exxon Corporation Exxon Shipping Company, and Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, in Re: The Exxon Valdez, Sea Hawk Seafoods, Inc. Cook Inlet Processors, Inc. Sagaya Corp. William McMurren Patrick L. McMurren William W. King George C. Norris Hunter Cranz Richard Feenstra Wilderness Sailing Safaris Seafood Sails Rapid Systemsl Pacific Ltd., Opinion v. Exxon Corporation Exxon Shipping Company, and Alyeska Pipeline Service CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000