IN RE SAUSE BROS. OCEAN TOWING

Civ. No. 89-609-RE.

801 F.Supp. 378 (1991)

In re SAUSE BROTHERS OCEAN TOWING, a corporation, as Owner/Charterer of the T/V OCEAN SERVICE, Plaintiff, In a Cause for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability, AND RELATED CASES.

United States District Court, D. Oregon.

October 16, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy C. Stephenson, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, Portland, Or., for plaintiff Sause Bros. Ocean Towing and third-party defendant BP North America Petroleum, Inc.

Douglas M. Fryer, Jeffrey L. Jernegan, Mikkelborg Broz Wells & Fryer, Seattle, Wash., Sydney L. Chandler, Chandler, Lesan, Stokes & Finneran, Coos Bay, Or., for claimant/third-party plaintiff Canada.

Paul N. Wonacott, John M. Cowden, Kim Jefferies, Wood Tatum Mosser Brooke & Landis, Portland, Or., for claimant/third-party plaintiff British Columbia.

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Atty. Gen., Ann C. Essko, William C. Frymire, Asst. Attys. Gen., Olympia, Wash., Michael E. Haglund, Michael K. Kelley, Haglund & Kirtley, Portland, Or., for claimant/third-party plaintiff State of Wash.

Stuart M. Gerson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles H. Turner, U.S. Atty., Jack G. Collins, First Asst. U.S. Atty., Chief, Civ. Div., Portland, Or., Philip A. Berns, Warren A. Schneider, Robert J. Cunningham, Trial Atty., Torts Branch, Civ. Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, San Francisco, Cal., for claimant U.S.A. and U.S.A. as Trustee for Hoh, et al.

David S. Teske, David S. Teske & Associates, Seattle, Wash., for claimants LeBlanc, et al.

Dean D. DeChaine, Miller, Nash, Wiener, Hager & Carlsen, Portland, Or., Hugh M.G. Braker, Port Alberni, B.C. V9Y 7M2, Canada, for claimants Nuu-Chah-Nulth Tribal Council, et al.

Robert P. Zuanich, Jones & Zuanich, Seattle, Wash., for claimants Dale Marble, Dominick Pepetti.

Gary F. Kollmuss, pro se claimant.

Christopher Harvey, Russell & DuMoulin, Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6E 3G2, for claimant Marilyn Dobrilla for Bill Dobrilla (deceased).

Leigh R. Hilbert, pro se claimant.

Ralph Tieleman, pro se claimant.

Janice R. Dillon, Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6Z 1S4, for claimants Wickaninnish Is. Properties Ltd.

Ken Zakreski, pro se claimant.

Jan Thomas Baisch, Pozzi, Wilson, Atchison, O'Leary & Conboy, Portland, Or., for claimants John Does # 1-100.

Garry P. McMurry, Portland, Or., for claimants Pacific Rim Resort Properties, Inc., et al.

Kathleen M. Ker, La Liberte Hundert, Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6Z 1V8, for claimants Clayton Fuller and Stanley Fuller, et al., and claimants Pacific Pride Seafoods Corp.

Ucleulet Band Council, pro se claimant.

Mark D. Andrews, Barrister and Solicitor, Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6C 3H7, for claimants Susan Etherington, et al., and Mark Klotz, et al.

Kevin R. Lyon, Cullen & Cullen, Olympia, Wash., for claimants Quileute Tribal Council.

Sharon Janeson, Richard, B.C., Canada U7E 3A5, for claimants Richard Alan Holmes and Matthew Cardell, dba Al's Gooseneck Corp.

Brett A. Purtzer, Tacoma, Wash., for claimants Kurt Marble and Jon Schmidt.

David F., Margaret R., and Stephen J. Rae-Arthur, pro se claimant.

Arthur Clarke, pro se claimant.

Louis J. Zivot, Lang, Michener, Lawerence & Shaw, Vancouver, B.C., Canada V7X 1L1, for claimants T. Cameron Scott, Ron Dunsmore and Ian J.W. Garcia.

Jeffrey J. Bodé, Bellingham, Wash., for claimants Steve Lawson and Suzanne Hare.


OPINION

REDDEN, Chief Judge.

Sause Brothers brought the present action to limit its liability for an oil spill, pursuant to 46 U.S.C.App. § 183, and Rule F of the Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. I previously ruled that Sause Brothers cannot be exonerated from or limit its liability, pursuant to 46 U.S.C.App. § 183(a). Now before me is Sause Brothers' motion to strike the LeBlanc...

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