CITGO Asphalt Refining Co. v. Frescati

ELR Citation: 50 ELR 20075
No(s). 18-565 (U.S. Mar 30, 2020)

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld an appellate court ruling that an oil refining company was responsible for $140 million in damages from a 2004 oil spill in the Delaware River. The owner of the vessel involved in the spill argued that the company it chartered to deliver crude oil from Venezuela to the ...