Legal Opinion
United States v. Locke
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 22, 2000No. 98-1701PublishedCited by 454 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kennedy
The maritime oil transport industry presents ever-present, all too real dangers of oil spills from tanker ships, spills which could be catastrophes for the marine environment. After the supertanker Torrey Canyon spilled its cargo of 120,000 tons of crude oil off the coast of Cornwall, England, in 1967, both Congress and the State of Washington enacted more stringent regulations for these tankers and provided for more comprehensive remedies in the event of an oil spill. The ensuing question of federal pre-emption of the State’s laws was addressed by the Court in Ray v. Atlantic Richfield Co.,…
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