Legal Opinion
Proctor Wholesale Co.
United States Court of Claims
Decided February 3, 1978No. 398-76PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
"Proctor Wholesale Company sues to recover, under Section 311(i)(1) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1321(i)(1) (Supp. V, 1975), its costs of removing spilled oil from United States waters. Both the plaintiff and the United States have moved for summary judgment and the case, which has been argued orally, is ready for disposition.
*1050"The facts are these: On October 12 or 13, 1975, about 4,000 gallons of asphalt conditioner were discharged from an oil storage tank (a converted railroad tank car) located on property owned by plaintiff which had been purchased from the City…
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