U.S. Supreme Court,
Environmental & Energy
Nov. 30, 2007
Remedying Oil Catastrophes
The combination of the recent oil spill in San Francisco and the Supreme Court's upcoming ruling on a case involving the Exxon Valdez crash will have ramifications for environmental-cleanup cases for years to come.
Richard M. Frank
Professor of Environmental Practice, UC Davis School of Law
Richard is director of the California Environmental Law & Policy Center at the UC Davis School of Law.
By Richard M. Frank
Oil spills - events that sharpen the public's consciousness and often drive environmental law and policy - are once again in the headlines, and in the courtroom.
The Nov. 7 collision of the container ship Cosco Busan into the Bay Bridge caused a spill of 58,000 gallons of heavy fuel oil into San Francisco Bay, generating both a regional environmental crisis and...
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