Legal Opinion
United States v. White Fuel Corporation
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 13, 1974No. 73-1397PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
White Fuel Corporation was convicted after a jury-waived trial of violating Section 13 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, 33 U.S.C. § 407 [the Refuse Act]. 1 White Fuel operates a tank farm abutting a small cove off the Reserved Channel, part of Boston harbor. Both the cove and the channel are navigable waters of the United States.' On May 3, 1972, the Coast Guard found oil in the water of the cove. White Fuel, which in January 1972 had been alerted by state authorities to possible oil spoilage problems, immediately undertook to clean up the oil and to…
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- Commonwealth v. KoczwaraSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
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