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· 7/24/1991

Nesselrotte v. Sullivan

Citations

  • 939 F.2d 596
  • 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 16109
  • 1991 WL 134475

How courts have described this case

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  • in enacting the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act, which provides for strict liability for damages that are the result of discharges, Congress did not intend to abrogate common-law principles of proximate cause to reach \remote and derivative\ consequences
  • applying “substantial factor” requirement to maritime tort

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Judges: Fagg, Henley, Wollman

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