Legal Opinion
Union Oil Company v. James J. Oppen and John J. Masterson
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 7, 1974No. 72-2855PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Before ELY and SNEED, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON* District Judge.
SNEED, Circuit Judge:
This is another case growing out of the Santa Barbara oil spill of 1969. The plaintiffs are commercial fishermen. Each of their complaints alleges that the cause of action has been brought under the provisions of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act of 1953, 43 U.S.C. § 1331 et seq.; that the defendants joined in an enterprise, the day-to-day operation of which was within the control and under the management of defendant'Union Oil Company, to drill for oil in the waters of the Santa Barbara Channel;…
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- Seely v. White Motor Co.California Supreme Court · 1965
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