Slaven v. Bp America

973 F.2d 1468 1993 A.M.C. 9 , 61 USLW 2154 , 22 Envtl. L. Rep. 21,500 Donald SLAVEN; Salvatore Russo; Carl Gassaway; Yeriko Nitta, d/b/a The Seacliff Motel; Salvatore Manzella; Steven Panto and Donna Panto; Heinz Pet Products Company, a Division of Star-Kist Foods, Inc., a California Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. BP AMERICA, INC.; BP Oil Shipping Co., U.S.A.; BP Oil Supply Company; American Trading Transportation Company, Inc.; American Trading and Production Corporation, Defendants-Appellees, and Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund, Defendant-Appellant. No. 92-55155. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 5, 1992. Decided Aug. 31, 1992. Randolph D. Moss, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellant. David E.R. Woolley, Williams Woolley Cogswell Nakazawa & Russell, Long Beach, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees. Linus Masouredis, Deputy Atty. Gen., Oakland, Cal., for defendant-appellee. William P. Barry, Baker Hostetler McCutchen Black, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellee. Philip A. Berns (argued), Atty., and Warren A. Schneider, Asst. Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Div., Torts Branch, West Coast…