Law360, New York (February 01, 2012, 8:02 PM ET) -- The state of Alabama can't intervene in an appeal made by Louisiana municipalities of the dismissal of their state-law claims in the Deepwater Horizon multidistrict litigation, but it can file a supporting amicus brief and participate in oral arguments, the Fifth Circuit said Monday.
U.S. Circuit Judge E. Grady Jolly didn't provide a reason for his decision.
U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier, who is overseeing the MDL over the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster that sent 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico,...
Alabama Can't Join Deepwater MDL Appeal: 5th Circ.
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