State Claims Over BP Spill Not Preempted, High Court Told

By Jeff Sistrunk (May 30, 2014, 6:27 PM EDT) -- Several Louisiana parishes have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to revive their state-law claims against BP PLC and others over pollution-related wildlife damage linked to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, arguing in court filings made public Friday that the Fifth Circuit wrongly concluded the claims are preempted by federal law....

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