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IN RE OIL SPILL BY "AMOCO CADIZ" OFF COAST OF FRANCE

MDL No. 376, Nos. 78 C 3693, 79 C 2774 and 79 C 2775.

491 F.Supp. 161 (1979)

In re OIL SPILL BY the AMOCO CADIZ OFF the COAST OF FRANCE ON MARCH 16, 1978. In the Matter of the COMPLAINT of AMOCO TRANSPORT COMPANY, Standard Oil Company (Indiana), Amoco International Oil Company, and Claude Phillips, for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability. The REPUBLIC OF FRANCE, Plaintiff, v. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (Indiana) and Amoco International Oil Company, Defendants. CONSEIL GENERAL DES COTES DU NORD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (Indiana) et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

October 17, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Cicero, Jr., Samuel A. Haubold, Sydney Bosworth McDole, James A. Goold, Lawrence E. Strickling, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Ill., for Amoco Transport Co., Standard Oil Co. (Indiana), Amoco International Oil Co., and Claude Phillips.

Donald M. Haskell, Warren J. Marwedel, Haskell & Perrin, Chicago, Ill., for the Commune of Ploughnerneau, and The Republic of France.

Warren Ingersoll, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, Ill., for Conseil Gen. Des Cotes Du Nord.

Edwin Longcope, Hill, Betts & Nash, New York City, for The Republic of France.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

McGARR, District Judge.

Counterclaims and/or third-party claims have been filed in several of the cases consolidated under multidistrict litigation docket number MDL 376. In Amoco Transport Company's limitation action, 78 C 3693, Amoco filed a counterclaim and third-party claim against the Republic of France on November 21, 1978, and against numerous French departments and communes on February 28, 1979.

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