Legal Opinion
In Re Oil Spill by the Amoco Cadiz Off the Coast of France on March 16, 1978. Appeal of Astilleros Espanoles, S.A
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 23, 1983No. 82-1751, 82-1943PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The supertanker Amoco Cadiz, which had been built in Spain by a Spanish company, Astilleros Españoles, S.A., broke up off the coast of France in 1978, causing an extensive oil spill. French citizens who allege damage from the oil spill are plaintiffs in a suit in federal district court in Chicago under the admiralty jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1333. The principal defendants are Astilleros and various affiliates of Standard Oil Company (Indiana), including Amoco Transport Company, the owner of the Amoco Cadiz. The plaintiffs argue that Amoco (as we shall refer to Standard…
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