Legal Opinion
Ward v. Coleman
District Court, W.D. Oklahoma
Decided December 22, 1976No. CIV-76-0303-E, CIV-76-0456-EPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
EUBANKS, District Judge.
33 U.S.C. § 1321(b) provides, in pertinent part:
“The discharge of oil or hazardous substances into or upon the navigable waters of the United States ... is prohibited .
“Any owner or operator of any vessel, onshore facility, or offshore facility from which oil or a hazardous substance is discharged . . . shall be assessed a civil penalty ... of not more than $5,000 for each offense. . . . ”
On or about March 23, 1975, oil overflowed from an open-earth pit at a drilling site owned and operated by L. O. Ward and L. O. Ward Oil and Gas Operations…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Kennedy v. Mendoza-MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Helvering v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- One Lot Emerald Cut Stones and One Ring v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- California v. ByersSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Detroit Bank v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by16 opinions
- State v. O'Neill Investigations, Inc.Alaska Supreme Court · 1980
- Hercules Inc. v. Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Marathon Pipe Line CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
- Ward v. ColemanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. Chevron Oil Company, the California DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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