Legal Opinion

In Re Petition of Settoon Towing LLC

District Court, E.D. Louisiana

Decided June 16, 2010No. Civil Action 07-1263PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER AND REASONS

MARY ANN VIAL LEMMON, District Judge.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the United States of America’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment Regarding the Status of Alpine Exploration Companies, Inc. as a Responsible Party under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Doc. #310) is GRANTED.

BACKGROUND

On January 20, 2007, the M/V CATHY M. SETTOON, while pushing a barge, struck a well owned and operated by ExPert Oil & Gas, LLC (“ExPert”), in Bayou Perot in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. The well was installed on Louisiana State Lease 18748, which was held by Alpine Exploration, Co., Inc. (“Alpine”).…

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