Legal Opinion
Burgess v. M/V Tamano
District Court, D. Maine
Decided July 27, 1973No. Civ. Nos. 13-111 and 13-156, 13-115, 13-120PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND ORDER OF THE COURT
GIGNOUX, District Judge.
Plaintiffs in these class actions seek to recover damages incurred as a result of the discharge into the waters of Cas-co Bay of approximately 100,000 gallons of Bunker C oil from the tanker M/V TAMAÑO early on the morning of July 22, 1972, when she struck an outcropping of “Soldier Ledge” while passing through Hussey Sound en route to the port of Portland. Variously named as defendants or third-party defendants are the TAMAÑO, her owners, her captain, her pilot and the local pilots’ association, her charterer, Texaco, Inc.,…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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