HEPPNER v. ALYESKA PIPELINE SERVICE CO.

Nos. 79-4883, 79-4884.

665 F.2d 868 (1981)

Lydia HEPPNER, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Henry J. Heppner, Jr., Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ALYESKA PIPELINE SERVICE COMPANY, Amerada Hess Corporation, Arco Pipeline Company, British Petroleum Pipelines, Inc., Exxon Pipeline Company, Mobil Alaska Pipeline Company, Phillips Petroleum Company, Sohio Pipeline Company, and Union Alaska Pipeline Company, Defendants-Appellees. Rick W. JORDAN and Suzanne Jordan, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMERADA HESS CORPORATION, Arco Pipeline Company, British Petroleum Pipelines, Inc., Exxon Pipeline Company, Mobil Alaska Pipeline Company, Phillips Petroleum Company, Sohio Pipeline Company, and Union Alaska Pipeline Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 16, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Brunner, Fairbanks, Alaska, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Girard E. Boudreau, Jr., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before WALLACE and TANG, Circuit Judges, and FRYE, District Judge.


WALLACE, Circuit Judge:

In this consolidated appeal, Heppner and Jordan challenge the dismissal by the district court of their causes of action brought pursuant to the special liability provisions of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act (the Act), 43 U.S.C. § 1653(a)(1). The district judge concluded that the Act does not provide for personal injury actions unrelated to the special environmental risks created by the pipeline. 479 F.Supp...

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