Legal Opinion
People Ex Rel. Department of Fish & Game v. Attransco, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 26, 1996No. G018929PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SILLS, P. J.
After the American Trader ran aground off Huntington Beach and released thousands of gallons of crude oil, several state agencies represented by the Attorney General sued the owner of the ship to recover cleanup costs. Then commenced a paper war—or, more precisely, a war by paper. Instead of oil, now it was paper that gushed. Tens of thousands of pages of documents were produced in discovery; numerous motions were fought. The private lawyers for the shipowner deluged their civil servant opponents with successive court proceedings.
One of the state agency plaintiffs, the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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3Cited by6 opinions
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