Exxon Mobil Files Motion to Dismiss Reopener Claim in 1989 Oil Spill Case

摘要

ANCHORAGE, Alaska-Exxon Mobil Corp. has filed a motion in federal court seeking an order prohibiting the Alaska and federal governments from taking any additional money under the 1991 civil settlement for Exxon Valdez oil spill natural resources damages (United States v. Exxon Corp., D. Alaska, No. 3:91-cv-82, 8/9/11). The motion, filed Aug. 9 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska, said the court should rule that Exxon Mobil, the successor to Exxon Corp., has no ob ligation to honor the reopener claim made May 31, 2006, by the state and federal governments in the March 24, 1989, oil spill.