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In Re: Deepwater Horizon

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Case Number:

13-30315

Court:

Appellate - 5th Circuit

Nature of Suit:

3893 Environmental Matters

  1. May 27, 2014

    BP Can't Extend Deepwater Payment Freeze, 5th Circ. Says

    The Fifth Circuit on Tuesday rejected BP PLC's request to keep in place a stay suspending payments from its estimated $9.2 billion Deepwater Horizon settlement until after the U.S. Supreme Court has considered its bid challenging awards to claimants without proof of damages directly tied to the oil spill.

  2. May 22, 2014

    BP Asks 5th Circ. To Continue Deepwater Payment Freeze

    BP PLC urged the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday to keep in place a stay suspending payments from its estimated $9.2 billion Deepwater Horizon settlement until after the U.S. Supreme Court has considered its bid challenging awards to claimants without proof of damages directly tied to the oil spill.

  3. May 21, 2014

    BP Urges Supreme Court To Nix $9.2B Spill Settlement

    BP PLC is taking its estimated $9.2 billion settlement challenge all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, pledging Wednesday to formally ask the justices to overturn a Fifth Circuit decision upholding a deal that allows some payments without proof of damages from the Deepwater Horizon spill.

  4. May 19, 2014

    5th Circ. Won't Rehear $9.2B BP Spill Settlement Case

    The Fifth Circuit on Monday declined to rehear BP PLC's bid to prevent claimants from getting part of the estimated $9.2 billion Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement without submitting evidence that their damages were directly caused by the spill.

  5. March 18, 2014

    BP Seeks 5th Circ. Rehearing In $9.2B Settlement Row

    BP PLC asked the Fifth Circuit on Monday to overturn an appeals panel's finding that the oil giant's estimated $9.2 billion settlement allows some payments without proof of damages from the Deepwater Horizon spill, claiming that plaintiffs lawyers and dishonest claimants are raiding the company's coffers.

  6. March 03, 2014

    5th Circ. Rejects BP Bid To Block Spill Payments

    A divided Fifth Circuit on Monday denied BP PLC's bid to block businesses that can't trace their losses to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster from recovering money under its $9.2 billion settlement with victims of the spill, ruling the settlement doesn't require claimants to submit evidence of causation. 

  7. January 03, 2014

    5th Circ. Fast-Tracks BP Bid To Block Spill Payments

    The Fifth Circuit on Thursday agreed to fast-track review of BP PLC's claim that the judge overseeing the Deepwater Horizon multidistrict litigation ignored court orders to examine how the claims administrator for BP's $9.2 billion settlement with property owners determines if economic losses were directly caused by the disaster.

  8. December 03, 2013

    5th Circ. Grants BP's Bid To Halt Further Deepwater Payouts

    The Fifth Circuit on Monday granted BP PLC's request to stop additional Deepwater Horizon settlement payments to businesses and individuals claiming property and economic loss from the spill, ruling that the federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation must examine how the claims administrator determines causation.