ORA Foundation Documents
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Lawsuits
PDF document discussing the difference between the economic damages lawsuit and the natural resource damages lawsuit.
Call to Action
What you can do to hold Exxon accountable. - PDF
Unanticipated Injury
Fact Sheet describing damages to the habitat and wildlife from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Reopener Fact Sheet
This PDF fact sheet explains the Reopener for Unknown Injury (Reopener), or the $100 million part
of this settlement.
ORA Newsletter
Spring 2006 - PDF
USFWS Fact Sheet
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill -- Civil Settlement Reopener
Potential Funds for Restoration of Unanticipated Injuries to Natural Resources - PDF
ORA Newsletter
Fall 2007 - PDF
Denial Will Cost You Money!
Letter from by Jerome Selby, board president - MS Word Doc
Community Involvement
Community Involvement Key in Reopener Success
by Riki Ott, board member - MS Word Doc
Draft Resolution, National Chamber of Commerce
This resolution is a guide that encourages communities, individuals and local
Governments in asking the U.S. Chamber to refrain from filing an Amicus Brief in
support of Exxon.
Bringing this resolution forward with your local Chambers of Commerce and
governments makes a strong statement to the U. S. Chamber regarding thier lack of
representation for the local chapters.
Brief for Petitioners
Breif no. 07-219 In the Supreme Court of the United States. Exxon Shipping Company, et al, Petitioners v Grant Baker, et al, Respondents
Amicus Brief
Filed 1-29-2008
Briefs Filed On Behalf of Respondents
Large PDF document of Briefs filed.
"The Respondents brief lays out the facts and law that support the decision of the
jury, the district court, and the Ninth Circuit to order Exxon to pay punitive damages.
The brief outlines the legal defects in Exxons argument that 19th Century admiralty law
decisions should allow it to escape payment of punitive damages in the 21st Century;
takes on Exxons incredible argument that the Clean Water Act--the nations premier
environmental law--should be interpreted to shield oil polluters from punitive damages;
and argues that Exxons plea for additional maritime law restrictions on punitive
damages awards is nothing but the result-oriented special pleading of the nations most
notorious corporate polluter."