ELR Citation: ELR 20808
No(s). 71-1136 (9th Cir. Sep 20, 1973)

Private pleasure boat owners may not recover damages for loss of navigational rights in the Santa Barbara Channel due to the 1969 oil spill, although they can recover for physical injury to their boats in either a negligence or a nuisance action. The navigational rights claim sounds in maritime tort...