Legal Opinion
United States v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided July 24, 2006No. Civil Action 05-10112-JLTPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
TAURO, District Judge.
On April 27, 2003, the Bouchard Barge-120 1 collided with an outcropping of rocks, spilling thousand of gallons of oil into the waters of Buzzards Bay. 2 In response to the Bouchard oil spill, the Massachusetts legislature passed a law entitled “An Act Relative to Oil Spill Prevention and Response in Buzzards Bay and Other Harbors and Bays of the Commonwealth” (“Oil Spill Prevention Act” or “OSPA”). 3 The United States Government and the Inter-venor-Plaintiffs 4 (collectively “Plaintiffs”) challenge several provisions of the OSPA, alleging that the challenged…
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