ELR Citation: ELR 20220
No(s). s. 96-36038 et al (9th Cir. Oct 12, 2000)

The court holds that a district court abused its discretion during the Exxon Valdez oil spill litigation when it approved a plan of allocation that denied enforceability of a settlement agreement between Exxon and seven seafood processors and that barred the processors from receiving any allocation ...