Legal Opinion
Ray v. Atlantic Richfield Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 6, 1978No. 76-930PublishedCited by 578 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
Pursuant to the Ports and Waterways Safety Act of 1972 (PWSA), 86 Stat. 424, 33 U. S. C. § 1221 et seq. (1970 ed., Supp. V), and 46 U. S. C. § 391a (1970 ed., Supp. V), navigation in Puget Sound, a body of inland water lying along the northwest coast of the State of Washington,1 is controlled in major respects by federal law. The PWSA also subjects to federal rule the design and operating characteristics of oil tankers.
This case arose when ch. 125, 1975 Wash. Laws, 1st Extr. *155Sess., Wash. Rev. Code § 88.16.170 et seq. (Supp. 1975) (Tanker Law), was adopted with the aim of regulating in…
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- City of Philadelphia v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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