Legal Opinion
Burgess v. M/V Tamano
District Court, D. Maine
Decided March 22, 1974No. Civ. Nos. 13-111, 13-156, 13-114, 13-115, 13-120 and 13-184PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER OF THE COURT
GIGNOUX, District Judge.
These six consolidated actions arise out of the discharge into the waters of Casco Bay of approximately 100,000 gallons of Bunker C oil by the tanker M/V TAMAÑO when, while passing through Hussey Sound en route to the port of Portland early on the morning of July 22, 1972, she struck an outcropping of “Soldier Ledge.” Civil Nos. 13-111, 13-115, 13-120 and 13-156 are class actions brought on behalf of owners of shore property, boat owners, commercial fishermen and commercial clam diggers alleged to have been damaged by the spill, and Civil…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Indian Towing Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Rayonier Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Barcelo v. BrownDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1979
- Township of Long Beach v. City of New YorkDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1978
- In Re Oil Spill By" Amoco Cadiz" Off Coast of FranceDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1979
- Brown v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1985
- State v. Jersey Central Power & Light Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1975
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