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IN RE EXXON VALDEZ

Nos. 04-35182, 04-35183.

472 F.3d 600 (2006)

In re: The EXXON VALDEZ, Grant Baker; Sea Hawk Seafoods, Inc.; Cook Inlet Processors, Inc.; Sagaya Corp.; William Mcmurren; Patrick L. Mcmurren; William W. King; George C. Norris; Hunter Cranz; No. 04-35182 Richard Feenstra; Wilderness Sailing Safaris; Seafood Sales, Inc.; Rapid Systems Pacific Ltd.; Nautilus Marine Enterprises, Inc.; William Findlay Abbott, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Exxon Mobile Corp; Exxon Shipping Co., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 22, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Dellinger, O'Melveny & Myers, LLP, Washington, D.C., and John F. Daum, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellants, cross-appellees.

David W. Oesting, Stephen M. Rummage, David C. Tarshes, Jeffrey L. Fisher, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Anchorage, AK, Brian B. O'Neill, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, Minnesota, James vanR. Springer, Dickstein Shapiro LLP, Washington, DC, for the plaintiffs-appellees, cross-appellants.

Before MARY M. SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, JAMES R. BROWNING and ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM Opinion; Dissent by Judge BROWNING.

PER CURIAM.

I. INTRODUCTION

We look for the third time at the punitive damages imposed in this litigation as a result of the 1989 grounding of the oil tanker Exxon Valdez, and the resulting economic harm to many who earned their livelihood from the resources of that area. See Baker v. Hazelwood (In re the Exxon Valdez), 270 F.3d 1215 (9th Cir.2001)[hereinafter...

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