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SLAVEN v. AMERICAN TRADING TRANSP. CO., INC.

No. 97-55293.

146 F.3d 1066 (1998)

Donald SLAVEN; Salvatore Russo; Carl Gassaway; Yeriko Nitta, D/B/A The Seacliff Motel; Salvatore Manzella; Steven Panto, 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-Appellees, v. AMERICAN TRADING TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Inc., (ATTRANSCO, INC.), Defendant-Appellant, BP America, Inc., BP Oil Shipping Co., U.S.A.; BP Oil Supply Company; The Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund; Brandenburger Marine, Inc., Defendants, G. Nazzareno, Inc., et al., Claimants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 22, 1998.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing August 18, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E.R. Woolley, Mitchell F. Ducey, and Todd A. Valdes, Cogswell Woolley Nakazawa & Russell, Long Beach, California, for defendant-appellant American Trading Transportation Company, Inc.

Marc M. Seltzer, Gretchen M. Nelson, and David H. Boren, Corinblit & Seltzer, Los Angeles, California; Merrill G. Davidoff and Peter Nordberg, Berger & Montague, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for the plaintiffs-appellees.

John A. Sturgeon and Renee Rubin, White & Case, Los Angeles, California; A. Stephen Hut, Jr., Eric J. Mogilnicki, Charles A. Mendels, and Kathleen M. Miller, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, for defendant Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund.

Before FLETCHER, D.W. NELSON, and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc August 18, 1998.

D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs brought a class action under the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act ("TAPAA"), 43 U.S.C. § 1653, general maritime and admiralty laws, and California law, Cal. Harb. & Nav.Code §§ 293 & 294, alleging damages resulting from an oil spill off of Huntington Beach, California. The American Trading Transportation...

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