Legal Opinion
Norfolk Southern Corporation v. Chevron Chemical
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 3, 2004No. 03-14473PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
The St. Johns River Terminal Company leased a tract of land (the “Leased Site”) in Jacksonville, Florida, to the Gulf Oil Corporation from 1906 to 1961. Gulf constructed above-ground tanks on the land to store oil and fuel. In 1977, the United States Coast Guard informed St. Johns that oil was leaking from the Leased Site onto the surface of the nearby Long Branch Creek and required St. Johns to remediate the leakage at its own expense. St. Johns sued Gulf for reimbursement for the cost of the cleanup.
Prior to trial, the parties settled. Gulf agreed to pay St. Johns…
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