SLAVEN v. BP AMERICA, INC.

Nos. CV 90-0722 RJK (JRx), CV 90-0733, CV 90-2619, CV 91-0334, CV 91-0515, CV 91-3363.

958 F.Supp. 1472 (1997)

Donald SLAVEN; Salvatore Russo; Carl Gassaway; Yeriko Nitta, d/b/a The Seacliff Motel; Salvatore Manzella; Steven Panto and Donna Panto; Heinz Pet Products Company, a division of Star-Kist Foods, Inc., a California corporation; Gregory Kuglis; and Jack Morici, On Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. BP AMERICA, INC., BP Oil Shipping Co., U.S.A.; BP Oil Supply Company; American Trading and Transportation Company; The Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund; Golden West Refining Company; and Brandenburger Marine, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. California.

March 21, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc M. Seltzer, Christina A. Snyder, Gretchen M. Nelson, Corinblit & Seltzer, Los Angeles, CA, Merrill G. Davidoff, Daniel Berger, Peter Nordberg, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Stephen D. Oestreich, Wolf, Popper, Ross, Wolf & Jones, New York City, for Donald Slaven, et al.

Howard D. Sacks, San Pedro, CA, for Branko Sindicich, et al.

John S. Gray, Law Offices of John S. Gray, Newport Beach, CA, for Newport Sailing Club, Inc.

Fred J. DiBernardo, San Pedro, CA, George V. Allen, Jr., Jeffrey L. Yablon, Maryelena Pardo, Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge, Washington, DC, for State Fish Company, Inc., et al.

James H. Ackerman, Long Beach, CA, Gail Hutton, City Attorney, Huntington Beach, CA, for City of Huntington Beach.

John Buttolph, Santa Barbara, CA, for Peter Guglielmo and Aneillo Guglielmo.

Phillip D. Kohn, City Attorney, Rutan & Tucker, Costa Mesa, CA, for the City of Laguna Beach.

Joseph M. Murphy, Balboa Island, CA, for Jack Morici.

Gregory W. Stepanicich, City of Seal Beach, CA, Quinn M. Barrow, Michael G. Colantuono, Richards, Watson & Gershon, Los Angeles, CA, for City of Seal Beach.

Dennis J. Kelly, Annette Barlow, Kelly, Cox, Wootton, Griffin, Gill & Sherburne, San Francisco, CA, Nicholas Chrisos, County of Orange, Santa Ana, CA, for Steve P. Rados, Inc.

Robert H. Burnham, Robin Flory, City of Newport Beach, Newport Beach, CA, for City of Newport Beach.

Thomas M. Crehan, Fishermen's Cooperative Association, Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, for G. Mazzareno, Inc., et al.

Philip A. Berns, Warren A. Schneider, Robert R. Klotz, U.S. Department of Justice, San Francisco, CA, for United States of America.

Michael R. Leslie, Mary Newcombe, Hedges & Caldwell, Los Angeles, CA, for People of the State of California ex rel. Department of Fish and Game, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region, State Coastal Conservancy, and State Lands Commission.

A. Stephen Hut, Jr., Charles A. Mendels, Eric Mogilnicki, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, Francis J. MacLaughlin, White & Case, Los Angeles, CA, for The Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund.

Robert E. Coppola, William P. Barry, Penny M. Costa, Baker & Hostetler, Long Beach, CA, William P. Barry, Robert E. Coppola, Penny M. Costa, Baker & Hostetler, Los Angeles, CA, for BP Oil Shipping Company, USA; BP Oil Supply Company; and BP America, Inc.

Erich P. Wise, Nicholas S. Politis, Flynn, Delich & Wise, Long Beach, CA, for Golden West Refining Company.

Carlton E. Russell, Joseph N. Mirkovich, Russell & Mirkovich, Long Beach, CA, for Brandenburger Marine, Inc.

Daniel E. Lungren, Charles W. Getz, IV, Jan S. Stevens, Sylvia Cano Hale, Office of the Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, Linus Masouredis, Sara Russell, Office of the Attorney General, State of California, Oakland, CA, for State of California.

David E. R. Woolley, Blake W. Larkin, Todd A. Valdes, Williams, Woolley, Cogswell, Nakazawa & Russell, Long Beach, CA, for Attransco, Inc.


ORDER AS TO (1) MOTION OF BP ENTITIES FOR A GOOD FAITH SETTLEMENT DETERMINATION AND FOR AN ORDER BARRING CLAIMS FOR CONTRIBUTION AND IMPLIED INDEMNITY UNDER STATE AND MARITIME LAW; (2) MOTION OF CLASS PLAINTIFFS' FOR FINAL APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH DEFENDANTS BP ENTITIES; AND (3) APPLICATION OF CLASS PLAINTIFFS FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS AND EXPENSES

KELLEHER, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

On October 21, 1996, this court...

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