$744M Louisiana Damage Decision Against Chevron in Jeopardy After Supreme Court Ruling

$744M Louisiana damage decision against Chevron in jeopardy after Supreme Court ruling

Oil and gas companies scored a major victory Friday with a unanimous ruling by the Supreme Court, giving them an opportunity to shift environmental lawsuits concerning state regulations to federal courts perceived as more favorable.  The case, Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, centered on whether oil companies could transfer cases concerning environmental damage from state to federal court. The ruling has drawn attention from pa…

US Supreme Court Rules Parish Oil Lawsuit Should be Heard in Federal Court

On Friday, April 17, the United States Supreme Court ruled, in a unanimous 8-0 decision, that the Plaquemines Parish Government’s (PPG) lawsuit against Chevron for their role in negatively impacting the wetlands within the parish, causing coastal land loss and major environmental problems, should have been held in a federal court, not a state one. This ruling overturns an appeals court denial of Chevron’s request to move the case into the federa…