Legal Opinion
SeaRiver Maritime Financial Holdings Inc. v. Mineta
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 31, 2002No. 01-35762PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAEZ, Circuit Judge.
At midnight on March 23, 1989, the T/V Exxon Valdez ran aground onto Bligh Reef in Alaska, spilling nearly eleven million gallons of oil into Prince William Sound (the “Sound”). The following year, Congress passed the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, increasing the penalties for oil pollution and instituting a regulatory regime aimed at improving oil tanker safety, preventing future oil spills, and enhancing oil spill response. See 33 U.S.C. §§ 2701-61. Section 5007 of the Oil Pollution Act (the “Act”) (codified at 33 U.S.C. § 2737) excludes from the waters of Prince…
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