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IN RE BLUEWATER NETWORK

No. 99-1502.

234 F.3d 1305 (2000)

In re: BLUEWATER NETWORK and Ocean Advocates, Petitioners.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 22, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard M. Crystal argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs was Eric R. Glitzenstein.

Eileen T. McDonough, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for respondents. With her on the brief was Lois J. Schiffer, Assistant Attorney General.

Before: EDWARDS, Chief Judge, SENTELLE and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge HARRY T. EDWARDS.

HARRY T. EDWARDS, Chief Judge:

On March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez supertanker struck Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, dumping nearly eleven million gallons of oil into Alaska's once-pristine coastal ecosystem. Congress responded with the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ("OPA" or "Act"), Pub.L. No. 101-380, 104 Stat. 484 (1990). The Act not only broadened federal liability for oil spills, it...

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