Legal Opinion
Smith Property Holdings, 4411 Connecticut L.L.C. v. United States
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 31, 2004No. 01CV0855(RBW)PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
WALTON, District Judge.
In this lawsuit, plaintiff seeks to recover the costs it incurred and profits it lost pursuant to the Oil Pollution Act, 33 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq. (2000), as a result of an oil spill that occurred on property it owned. Currently before the Court are the parties’' cross motions for summary judgment. Plaintiff has also filed a motion to strike certain pleadings that have been filed by the defendants. For the reasons set forth below, the Court concludes that the defendants are entitled to summary judgment.
I. Background
Because the applicability of the Oil…
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