# SeaRiver Maritime Inc. v. Norman Mineta

U.S. Court of Appeals - 169447-1-DVD - SeaRiver Maritime Inc. v. Norman Mineta - U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. America and the Courts featured oral arguments in the April 3 case of SeaRiver Maritime Inc. v. Norman Mineta. The case centers on the right of the Exxon Valdez to return to Alaska's Prince William Sound where 11 million gallons of crude oil spilled in 1989. Two years later Congress passed the Oil Pollution Act prohibiting any tanker that has spilled 1 million gallons of oil or more from entering Prince William Sound. SeaRiver, a subsidiary of Exxon, argues the law is unconstitutional. The case reached the 9th Circuit on appeal from the U.S. District Court in Alaska. That court sided with the government and upheld the law last July. Also featured was Chief Justice Rehnquist's May 12 commencement address at Marymount University. The ceremony was held at DAR Constitution Hall. Filmed by C-SPAN. Non-commercial use only. For more information, see http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/169447-1

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 2002
- By: U.S. Court of Appeals
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/org.c-span.169447-1)
- Licence or status: [CC0 1.0](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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