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IN RE THE EXXON VALDEZ

Nos. 97-35191 to 97-35192, 97-35193 and 97-35235.

270 F.3d 1215 (2001)

In re: the EXXON VALDEZ, Grant Baker, et al., as representatives of the Mandatory Punitive Damages Class, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Joseph Hazelwood, Defendant, and Exxon Corporation; Exxon Shipping Company, Defendants-Appellants. In re: the Exxon Valdez, Grant Baker, et al., as representatives of the Mandatory Punitive Damages Class, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Exxon Corporation; Exxon Shipping Company, Defendants, and Joseph Hazelwood, Defendant-Appellant. Daniel R. Calhoun; Bradford J. Chisholm; David P. Clarke; Thomas S. McAllister; Phillip G. McCrudden; Michael J. McClenaghan; Guy Piercey; Hugh Wisner; Grant C. Baker; Larry L. Dooley; Kim J. Ewers; John W. Herschleb; Kent Herschleb; David B. Horne; Michael J. Owecke; Gerald E. Thorne; George A. Gordaoff; Old Harbor Native Corporation; Timberline, Inc.; Barbara Brown; John Foges; Jamie L. Halladay; Charles McMahon; Jennifer Briggs; Terri Mast; Mark T. Coles; Fred Galicano; Mike Hollerbeke; Kathy Bryan; Vincent Libed; Art Huddleston; Robert Love; Roxane Villaueva; Marcelo Rombaoa; Scott Hulbert; Brian Gillis; Frank Michael Carlson; Elenor McMullen; Native Village of Larsen Bay; Native Village of Chenega Bay, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Exxon Corporation; Exxon Shipping Company; Joseph Hazelwood, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 7, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Daum, O'Melveny & Myers, LLP, Los Angeles, California, for appellant Exxon Corporation.

David M. Heilbron (briefed), McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, LLP, San Francisco, California, for appellant Exxon Shipping Company.

Thomas M. Russo (briefed), Chalos & Brown, P.C., New York, New York, for appellant Joseph Hazelwood.

David C. Tarshes (briefed), David W. Oesting, Stephen M. Rummage, Davis, Wright, Tremaine, LLP, Anchorage, Alaska, for the appellees.

Brian B. O'Neill (argued), Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, Minnesota, James vanR. Springer, Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP, Washington, DC, for the appellees.

Before: Mary M. Schroeder, Chief Judge, James R. Browning and Andrew J. Kleinfeld, Circuit Judges.

Argued and Submitted May 3, 1999 — Seattle, Washington.

OPINION

KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal of a $5 billion punitive damages award arising out of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. This is not a case about befouling the environment. This is a case about commercial fishing. The jury was specifically instructed that it could not award damages for environmental harm. The reason is that...

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