Legal Opinion
State v. Hazelwood
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided December 3, 1993No. S-5311PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RABINOWITZ, Justice.
This petition for hearing presents essentially two issues: (1) whether as a matter of federal law the State demonstrated that it had an independent source for the evidence it introduced against Captain Joseph Hazel-wood at his criminal trial; and (2) whether as a matter of federal law use and derivative use immunity granted under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1321(b)(5), is subject to an inevitable discovery exception.
FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
On March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez ran aground off Bligh Reef, spilling eleven million gallons of oil…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Nix v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Kastigar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Murphy v. Waterfront Commission of New York HarborSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by13 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
- State v. HazelwoodAlaska Supreme Court · 1997
- Smith v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1997
- In Re the Exxon ValdezDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 2004
- In Re Exxon ValdezDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 2002
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