IN RE SAUSE BROS. OCEAN TOWING

Civ. No. 89-609-RE.

769 F.Supp. 1147 (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.

July 9, 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, Atty. in Charge, West Coast Office, Warren A. Schneider, Asst. Atty. in Charge, 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., Canada, for claimants Nuu-Chah-Nulth Tribal Council, et al.

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

Gary F. Kollmuss, pro se.

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

Leigh R. Hilbert, pro se.

Ralph Tieleman, pro se.

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

Ken Zakreski, pro se.

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, for claimants Clayton Fuller and Stanley Fuller, et al., and claimants Pacific Pride Seafoods Corp.

Ucleulet Band Council, pro se.

Mark D. Andrews, Barrister and Sol., Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 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, 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.

Arthur Clarke, pro se.

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

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


FINAL AMENDED OPINION

(this opinion reflects all amendments thereof to date)

REDDEN, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff Sause Brothers Ocean Towing (SBOT) is an Oregon corporation with its principal place of business in the State of Oregon. At the time of the casualty, SBOT was registered to do business in the State of Washington. SBOT filed this maritime claim for exoneration from or limitation of liability in...

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