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STATE EX REL. GRADDICK v. JEBSEN S. (U. K.) LTD.

No. 78-364.

377 So.2d 940 (1979)

STATE of Alabama ex rel. Charles A. GRADDICK, Attorney General, v. JEBSEN S. (U. K.) LTD.; Amerada Hess Corporation; and Gulf Oil Corporation.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

November 30, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen. and Edwin L. Yates, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Sidney H. Schell and George F. Wood, of Pillans, Reams, Tappan, Wood, Roberts & Vollmer, Mobile, for Jebsen S. (U. K.) Ltd.

Rae M. Crowe and William M. Moore, of Armbrecht, Jackson, DeMouy, Crowe, Holmes & Reeves, Mobile, for Amerada Hess Corp.

G. Sage Lyons and J. P. Courtney, III of Lyons, Pipes & Cook, Mobile, for Gulf Oil Corp.

MADDOX, Justice.

On May 26, 1978, the M/V ROLLNES, a vessel owned by Jebsen S. (U. K.) Ltd., collided with the Amerada Hess Terminal on the Mobile River, and severed pipelines owned by Amerada Hess and Gulf Oil, thereby causing the discharge of pollutants into state waters. The State sued Jebsen, Amerada Hess and Gulf, and claimed that the discharge constituted a violation of Code 1975, § 22-22-9(j)(6) [The Alabama Water Improvement Act]. The State demanded that...

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