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IN RE OIL SPILL BY AMOCO CADIZ OFF COAST OF FRANCE

Nos. 82-1751, 82-1943.

699 F.2d 909 (1983)

In re OIL SPILL BY the AMOCO CADIZ OFF the COAST OF FRANCE ON MARCH 16, 1978. Appeal of ASTILLEROS ESPANOLES, S.A.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 3, 1983.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 23, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Betke, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Frank Cicero, Jr., Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Ill., T. Barry Kingham, Curtis, Mallet, Prevost, Colt & Mosle, New York City, for appellee.

Before POSNER and COFFEY, Circuit Judges, and NEAHER, Senior District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 23, 1983.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The supertanker Amoco Cadiz, which had been built in Spain by a Spanish company, Astilleros Espanoles, S.A., broke up off the coast of France in 1978, causing an extensive oil spill. French citizens who allege damage from the oil spill are plaintiffs in a suit in federal district court in Chicago under the admiralty jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1333. The principal defendants...

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