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SOUTH PORT MARINE, LLC v. GULF OIL LTD.

Nos. 99-2369, 99-2370.

234 F.3d 58 (2000)

SOUTH PORT MARINE, LLC, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. GULF OIL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP; The Reinauer Companies, Inc., f/k/a Boston Towing and Transportation Company Inc.; Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 7, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Perkins, with whom Daniel G. Lilley, Patrick J. Mellor and Perkins, Olson & Pratt, P.A. were on brief, for appellant.

William H. Welte, with whom Welte & Welte P.A. was on brief, for appellee Gulf Oil Limited Partnership.

Brian P. Flanagan, with whom Flanagan & Hunter, P.C., Leonard W. Langer, Marshall J. Tinkle and Tompkins, Clough, Hirshon & Langer, P.A. were on brief, for appellee Boston Towing and Transportation Co., L.P.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, BOUDIN and LYNCH, Circuit Judges.

TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.

This appeal, which arises out of a February 1997 gasoline spill in Maine's Portland Harbor, requires us to interpret both historic and contemporary maritime law in the United States. On the one hand, appellees present a Seventh Amendment argument that involves the state of federal admiralty jurisdiction in the early days of the Constitution. Appellant, on the other hand, raises questions of federal preemption and statutory interpretation in...

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