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EXXON SHIPPING CO. v. AIRPORT DEPOT DINER, INC.

No. 95-35819.

120 F.3d 166 (1997)

EXXON SHIPPING CO., a Delaware Corporation; Exxon Corporation, a New Jersey Corporation; Exxon Pipeline Company, a Delaware Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. AIRPORT DEPOT DINER, INC.; Merle Aaker; Cipriana Abad; Ricardo Abad, Jr.; Richard Abad, Sr.; Rosemarie C. Abad; Conrado Abasta; W. Findlay Abbott; C.E. Abelogaard; David Aberle; Florencia Abille; Ricardo Abille; Sagani Abille; Alfredo Aboueid; Alred Aboured; Dennis Abrahamson; Lydia Abrigo; Felipe Accaide; Sergio Acena, Jr.; Jamie Aczon; Christina Adalin; Marilou Adalin; David L. Adams; Harley Adams; Mark Adams; Todd Adams; Wayne Adams; Frank Adkins; Marla Adkins, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 14, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian B. O'Neill, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, MN, for defendants-appellants.

John F. Daum, Charles C. Lifland, O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before: KOZINSKI and LEAVY, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.

SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.

On this appeal we must decide whether the district court properly granted a declaratory judgment summarily adjudicating certain issues relating to claims against Exxon in a parallel federal proceeding and in hypothetical state court litigation.

I.

In March 1989, the EXXON VALDEZ ran aground, causing a massive oil spill in Alaska territorial waters. Numerous commercial fishermen, local business owners, state and local...

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