CHEVRON U.S.A., INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, and
Intercontinental Bultank Corporation, et al., Intervening Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
Jay S. HAMMOND, Governor of the State of Alaska, et al., Defendants-Appellants, and
Cordova District Fisheries Union, et al., Intervening Defendants-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued and Submitted August 18, 1982.
Decided February 3, 1984.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Charles P. Diamond, Richard E. Sherwood, Ira M. Feinberg, Franklin A. Gevurtz, O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, Cal., Michael Robbins, Hartig, Rhodes, Norman, Mahoney & Edwards, John A. Treptow, Atkimson, Conway, Young, Bell & Gagnon, Anchorage, Alaska, Raymond J. Burke, Jr., Burke & Parsons, New York City, for appellees.
J. Paul McGrath, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., Michael R. Spaan, U.S. Atty., Anchorage, Alaska, Philip A. Berns, Paul Gary Sterling, San Francisco, Cal., LCDR Hal W. Henderson, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae U.S. in support of the appellees.
Wilson L. Condon, Atty. Gen., Douglas K. Mertz, Asst. Atty. Gen., Juneau, Alaska, for defendants-appellants.
Robert E. Mintz, Anchorage, Alaska, for intervening defendants-appellants.
Before PREGERSON, ALARCON, and NELSON, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:
Alaska Statute § 46.03.750(e) (1976)1 prohibits oil tankers from discharging ballast into the territorial waters of Alaska if that ballast has been stored in the vessel's oil cargo tanks. On appellees' motion for partial summary judgment, the district court invalidated this Alaska statute. The court ruled that the statute is preempted by Coast Guard regulations promulgated under Title II of the Ports and...
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