Sea Hawk v. Exxon Corp.
Opinion
Opinion
Graber, J.
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
In re: THE EXXON VALDEZ,
SEA HAWK SEAFOODS, INC.,
Plaintiff-Appellant, No. 05-35468 v. EXXON CORPORATION and EXXON D.C. No.
CV-89-00095-HRH
SHIPPING COMPANY,
OPINION
Defendants-Appellees, and
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Intervenor-Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska H. Russel Holland, Chief District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted February 7, 2007—Seattle, Washington
Filed April 16, 2007
Before: Susan P. Graber, Richard A. Paez, and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge Graber
4305 4308 In re: THE EXXON VALDEZ
COUNSEL
Michael T. Shein, Reed Longyear Malnati Ahrens & West, PLLC, Seattle, Washington; John G. Young, Young deNor- mandie, Seattle, Washington; and Kevin P. Sullivan, Sullivan & Thoreson, Seattle, Washington, for the plaintiff-appellant.
John F. Daum and Victor H. Jih, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, California, for the defendants-appellees.
Eric Fleisig-Greene, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the intervenor-appellee.