CITGO Asphalt Refining Co. v. Frescati Shipping Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sotomayor
*1085 In 2004, the M/T Athos I , a 748-foot oil tanker, allided 1 with a nine-ton anchor abandoned on the bed of the Delaware River. The anchor punctured the tanker's hull, causing 264,000 gallons of heavy crude oil to spill into the river. As required by federal statute, respondents Frescati Shipping Company-the Athos I 's owner-and the United States covered the costs of cleanup. They then sought to reclaim those costs from petitioners CITGO Asphalt Refining Company and others (collectively CARCO), which had chartered the Athos I for the voyage that occasioned the oil spill. According to Frescati…
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