Legal Opinion
Exxon Co. v. Sofec, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 26, 1995No. 94-15806PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge:
OVERVIEW
Exxon Shipping Co. and Exxon Company U.S.A. (collectively, “Exxon”) appeal the district court’s judgment following a bench trial in Exxon’s admiralty action seeking damages for loss of its tanker, the Exxon Houston, and costs of oil spill cleanup and loss of cargo. Exxon maintains that the failure of a Single Point Mooring System (“SPM”) manufactured by defendant Sofec and sold by defendants Pacific Resources, Inc. and associated corporations (collectively, “HIRI”1) was the actual and proximate cause of its losses. The district court found in Phase One of a…
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