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SEA HAWK SEAFOODS v. ALYESKA PIPELINE SERVICE CO.

Nos. 98-35796, 98-35807, 98-36087, and 98-36117.

206 F.3d 900 (2000)

SEA HAWK SEAFOODS, INC.; Cook Inlet Processors, Inc.; Sagaya Corp.; William McMurren; Patrick L. McMurren; William W. King; George C. Norris; Hunter Cranz; Richard Feenstra; Wilderness Sailing Safaris; Seafood Sails; Rapid Systems Pacific Ltd., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ALYESKA PIPELINE SERVICE CO.; Exxon Corporation; Exxon Shipping Company, Defendants, and Joseph Hazelwood, Defendant-Appellant. Sea Hawk Seafoods, Inc.; Cook Inlet Processors, Inc.; Sagaya Corp.; William McMurren; Patrick L. McMurren; William W. King; George C. Norris; Hunter Cranz; Richard Feenstra; Wilderness Sailing Safaris; Seafood Sails; Rapid Systems Pacific Ltd., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Exxon Corporation; Exxon Shipping Company, Defendants-Appellants, and Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, Defendant. In re: The Exxon Valdez, Sea Hawk Seafoods, Inc.; Cook Inlet Processors, Inc.; Sagaya Corp.; William McMurren; Patrick L. McMurren; William W. King; George C. Norris; Hunter Cranz; Richard Feenstra; Wilderness Sailing Safaris; Seafood Sails; Rapid Systems Pacific Ltd., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Exxon Corporation; Exxon Shipping Company, Defendants-Appellants, and Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 16, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Daum, O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, California, for defendants-appellants Exxon Corporation, et al.

George J. Tsimis (briefed) and Thomas M. Russo (briefed), Chalos & Brown, New York, New York, for defendant-appellant Joseph Hazelwood.

Brian B. O'Neill (argued), Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, MN, James Springer, Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky LLP, Washington, DC, David W. Oesting, Stephen M. Rummage, David C. Tarshes, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Anchorage, AK, for plaintiffs-appellees Sea Hawk Seafoods, Inc., et al.

Before: BROWNING, WIGGINS, and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges.

KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:

This is one of several appeals before this panel relating to the Exxon Valdez oil spill litigation. The subject of this appeal is whether the $5 billion punitive damages verdict against Exxon, and the $5,000 punitive damages award against Hazelwood, should be set aside because of irregularities during jury deliberations. We affirm the district court order that it should not. This decision goes only to the motion to vacate the judgment...

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