"basskisser" wrote in message
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"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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Always wondered why Alaska was not also held liable.

Maybe because it wasn't their fault? Naw, couldn't be that, could it?

Since you snipped my reasoning, I will post it again.

Alaska charged 25 cents a barrel for spill containment equipment. They did
not use the money for the stated purpose. That would constitute fraud in
private business. The spill was many times larger than it should have been,
because of no containment equipment. Therefore the sound reasoning, is the
sound got more damage because of the State of Alaska's failures. They were
therefore responsible for parts of the damage.