Legal Opinion
In Re Oriental Republic of Uruguay
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided September 29, 1992No. Civ. A. 90-404-SLRPublished
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
SUE L. ROBINSON, District Judge.
7. Introduction
On June 24,1989, the MW PRESIDENTE RIVERA, an oil tanker owned and operated by the government of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (“limitation plaintiff’), ran aground in the Delaware River. The tanker’s hull ruptured and the vessel subsequently discharged over 183,000 gallons of fuel oil into the water. 1 At the time of the accident, the tanker was manned by a complement of Uruguayan nationals on active duty in the Uruguayan Navy, and by a licensed Delaware River pilot who the ship had taken on at the entrance to Delaware Bay.
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