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RAY v. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD CO.

No. 76-930.

435 U.S. 151 (1978)

RAY, GOVERNOR OF WASHINGTON, ET AL. v. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD CO. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 6, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Slade Gorton, pro se, Attorney General of Washington, argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs were Charles B. Roe, Jr., Senior Assistant Attorney General, Robert E. Mack and Richard L. Kirkby, Assistant Attorneys General, David E. Engdahl, Special Assistant Attorney General, Christopher T. Bayley, pro se, Thomas A. Goeltz, John E. Keegan, Eldon V. C. Greenberg, Richard A. Frank, Thomas H. S. Brucker, and James N. Barnes.

Richard E. Sherwood argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were B. Boyd Hight, Ira M. Feinberg, Raymond W. Haman, James L. Robart, and David E. Wagoner.*

MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

Pursuant to the Ports and Waterways Safety Act of 1972 (PWSA), 86 Stat. 424, 33 U. S. C. § 1221 et seq. (1970 ed., Supp. V), and 46 U. S. C. § 391a (1970 ed., Supp. V), navigation in Puget Sound, a body of inland water lying along the northwest coast of the State of Washington,1 is controlled in major respects by federal law...

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