RICE v. HARKEN EXPLORATION CO.

Civ.A.No. 2:97CV00402.

89 F.Supp.2d 820 (1999)

D.E. RICE and Karen Rice, as Trustees for the Rice Family Living Trust, Plaintiffs, v. HARKEN EXPLORATION COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Texas, Amarillo Division.

September 30, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Wood, Law Offices of James H. Wood, Amarillo, TX, for Plaintiffs.

W. Wade Arnold, Peterson Farris Doores & Jones, Christopher L. Jensen, Morris Moore Moss & Douglas, Amarillo, TX, F. Michael Prince, Kelli Michelle Hinson, Carrington Coleman Sloman & Blumenthal, Dallas, TX, for Defendant.


ORDER GRANTING IN PART MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

MARY LOU ROBINSON, District Judge.

The question before the Court is whether the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 33 U.S.C. §§ 2700 et seq., (OPA) creates a cause of action available to the Plaintiffs under the facts of this case. The Court concludes that it does not. Defendant's motion for summary judgment is therefore granted only as to Plaintiffs' federal cause of action under the OPA...

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