Legal Opinion
United States v. Marathon Pipe Line Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 22, 1978No. 78-1453PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CASTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.
Marathon Pipe Line Company appeals from the district court’s enforcement by way of summary judgment of a $2,000 civil penalty assessed by the United States Coast Guard against Marathon under section 1321(b)(6) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA)1 for a discharge of oil into navigable waters in violation of section 1321(b)(3) of the Act. The issue presented is whether section 1321(b)(6) permits the Coast Guard to assess more than a nominal civil penalty against the owner of a discharging facility where the owner is without fault and the spill was…
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