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

MDL No. 376, No. 78C3693.

491 F.Supp. 170 (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.

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

December 26, 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 plaintiffs.

Edward S. Silber, Ward A. Meythaler, Robert E. Arroyo, Keck, Mahin & Cate, Chicago, Ill., Joseph Keig, Jr., Robert T. Palmer, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, Ill., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

McGARR, District Judge.

In each of several of the cases consolidated in this multidistrict proceeding, Astilleros Espanoles, S. A. ("Astilleros") has filed a motion to dismiss. Issues relative to the motions have been briefed by counsel in the context of the case first filed in this court, the limitation proceeding on behalf of Amoco Transport Company ("Transport"). This decision, therefore, relates only to the limitation action...

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