ELR Citation: ELR 20046
No(s). 08-1291 (S.D. Tex. Feb 11, 2009)

A district court held that an oil company is entitled to a jury trial in the government's Oil Pollution Act (OPA) case against it for cleanup costs and damages stemming from a 2004 oil spill. The recovery of removal costs under OPA constitutes an equitable remedy. The company, therefore, is not enti...