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PEOPLE OF STATE OF CAL., ETC. v. S/T NORFOLK

No. C75-0152 WTB.

435 F.Supp. 1039 (1977)

The PEOPLE OF the STATE OF CALIFORNIA, acting By and Through the DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Plaintiff, v. The S/T NORFOLK, her furniture, tackle, apparel, etc. Norfolk Navigation, Limited, Leo Wuesthoff, Captain Paterakis, Phillips Petroleum Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. California.

June 16, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry S. Fenton, Chief Counsel, Robert F. Carlson, Asst. Chief Counsel, Richard A. Wehe, James E. Livesey, Sacramento, Cal., for plaintiff Dept. of Transp.

John R. Pascoe, Hancock, Rothert & Bunshoft, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff State of California.

Lillick, McHose & Charles, Graydon S. Staring, John W. Ford, Edward M. Keech, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant Norfolk Navigation, Ltd.

Stanley J. Cook, Derby, Cook, Quinby & Tweedt, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant Phillips Petroleum.

OPINION

BEEKS,* District Judge:

On the morning of January 22, 1975 S/T NORFOLK, fully laden with 33,500 tons of crude oil, prepared to dock at Amorco Wharf on the Sacramento River a few miles inland from San Francisco Bay. As she maneuvered off the dock, a sudden shift in the current caught her stern causing it to swing around out of control until it contacted the Benecia/Martinez Highway Bridge damaging the protective fender...

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