Legal Opinion
In Re Ballard Shipping Company, Etc. v. Beach Shellfish
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 18, 1994No. 94-1059PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents the question whether federal maritime law preempts Rhode Island legislation affording expanded state-law remedies for oil pollution damage. In an able opinion, the district court held that the remedies were preempted. Discerning the law in this area is far from easy; one might tack a sailboat into a fog bank with more confidence. Yet guided in part by an important Supreme Court decision rendered after the district court's decision, we are constrained to reverse in part and to remand for further proceedings.
The basic facts of the ease are not in…
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