Legal Opinion
In re the Exxon Valdez
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 11, 1992No. Misc. A. No. 92-98PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
OBERDORFER, District Judge.
Petitioners are five classes of private plaintiffs who, along with the State of Alaska, have sued Exxon Corporation and Alyeska Pipeline Service Company (“Alyes-ka”) 1 in parallel federal and state court actions in Alaska. Here they move for an order enforcing a non-party subpoena, issued on the authority of this court, which sought production of documents in the possession of the American Petroleum Institute (“API”), a Washington-based trade association. Petitioners also seek to tax API with the costs of complying with the subpoena, as well as with…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Westinghouse Electric Corporation v. City of Burlington, VermontCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1965
- Pennwalt Corporation v. Durand-Wayland, Inc., Sunkist Growers, Inc., Non-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- Pollitt v. Mobay Chemical Corp.District Court, S.D. Ohio · 1982
- United States v. International Business Machines Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1974
- Australia/Eastern U.S.A. Shipping Conference v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1982
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3Cited by41 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
- Linder, David v. Calero-PortocarreroCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2001
- Williams v. City of DallasDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1998
- Standard Chlorine of Delaware, Inc. v. SinibaldiDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1992
- In re Honeywell International, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 2003
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