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IN RE OIL SPILL BY "AMOCO CADIZ"

No. 376.

471 F.Supp. 473 (1979)

In re OIL SPILL BY the "AMOCO CADIZ" OFF the COAST OF FRANCE ON MARCH 16, 1978.

Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.

June 4, 1979.

OPINION AND ORDER

PER CURIAM.

I. BACKGROUND

This litigation consists of six actions pending in three districts: three actions in the Southern District of New York, two actions in the Eastern District of Virginia, and one action in the Northern District of Illinois.

On March 16, 1978, the tanker Amoco Cadiz, while under tow after having lost both an anchor and its hydraulic steering mechanism, went aground on rocks off the...

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