Legal Opinion
State v. Hazelwood
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided October 3, 1997No. S-7602PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RABINOWITZ, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
In this petition we are called upon to decide whether due process under Alaska’s Constitution requires that a criminal offense be predicated on proof of more than just simple civil negligence.
II. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
Respondent’s conviction stems from the Exxon Valdez incident. On March 24, 1989, Captain Joseph Hazelwood ran his ship aground off Bligh Reef and reported he was “evidently leaking some oil.” Eventually, eleven million gallons poured into Prince William Sound. A jury subsequently convicted Hazelwood of negligent discharge of oil.
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2Cases cited41 opinions
- Morissette v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Lambert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- One 1958 Plymouth Sedan v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- United States v. BalintSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Bennis v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
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3Cited by26 opinions
- In Re: The Exxon Valdez, Grant Baker, as Representatives of the Mandatory Punitive Damages Class v. Joseph Hazelwood, and Exxon Corporation Exxon Shipping Company, in Re: The Exxon Valdez, Grant Baker, as Representatives of the Mandatory Punitive Damages Class v. Exxon Corporation Exxon Shipping Company, and Joseph Hazelwood, Daniel R. Calhoun Bradford J. Chisholm David P. Clarke Thomas S. McAllister Phillip G. McCrudden Michael J. McClenaghan Guy Piercey Hugh Wisner Grant C. Baker Larry L. Dooley Kim J. Ewers John W. Herschleb Kent Herschleb David B. Horne Michael J. Owecke Gerald E. Thorne George A. Gordaoff Old Harbor Native Corporation Timberline, Inc. Barbara Brown John Foges Jamie L. Halladay Charles McMahon Jennifer Briggs Terri Mast Mark T. Coles Fred Galicano Mike Hollerbeke Kathy Bryan Vincent Libed Art Huddleston Opinion Robert Love Roxane Villaueva Marcelo Rombaoa Scott Hulbert Brian Gillis Frank Michael Carlson Elenor McMullen Native Village of Larsen Bay Native Village of Chenega Bay v. Exxon Corporation Exxon Shipping Company Joseph HazelwoodCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- In Re the Exxon ValdezDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 2004
- Pederson v. BarnesAlaska Supreme Court · 2006
- In Re Exxon ValdezDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 2002
- State v. SimpsonCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2002
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