ELR Citation: ELR 20605
No(s). 97-2079 (4th Cir. Mar 2, 1999)

The court holds that an oil company is not entitled to compensation from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund (the Fund) for all of the recovery costs and damages it incurred from an oil spill and an ensuing fire that was caused by a third party. The court first holds that under Oil Pollution Act (OPA...