Fifth Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment in Oil Pollution Act Case
The Energy Law
JANUARY 10, 2011
30, 2010), the Fifth Circuit reversed the district court’s finding of summary judgment on liability under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (“OPA”). As a result, a large amount of oil spilled from the barge into the river near New Orleans. Further, the responsible party for a vessel is any person owning or operating the vessel.
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