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USA v. CITGO Petroleum Corporation

  1. April 23, 2018

    5th Circ. Rejects Citgo's Bid For Redo On $81M Spill Penalty

    The Fifth Circuit said Friday it would not rethink its recent confirmation of an $81 million Clean Water Act penalty against Citgo Petroleum Corp. stemming from a 2006 oil spill, despite the company's protests.

  2. April 03, 2018

    Citgo Urges Full 5th Circ. To Rethink $81M CWA Penalty

    Citgo Petroleum Corp. on Monday asked the full Fifth Circuit to reconsider its confirmation of an $81 million Clean Water Act penalty related to a 2006 oil spill, arguing that the U.S. government's expert testimony should not have been allowed in the damage calculations.

  3. February 14, 2018

    5th Circ. Affirms $81M Damages In Citgo Spill Row

    Citgo Petroleum Corp. lost its bid to overturn an $81 million Clean Water Act penalty tied to a 2006 oil spill when a split Fifth Circuit found Wednesday the Louisiana district court hadn't erred in calculating how the oil company could have prevented the damage.

  4. April 17, 2017

    Citgo Can't Justify Lowering $81M Spill Fine, US Says

    The federal government told the Fifth Circuit on Friday that Citgo Petroleum Corp. has no legal basis to request that an $81 million civil penalty issued for a Louisiana oil spill be lowered, and urged the court to increase the penalty instead.

  5. March 20, 2017

    Citgo Tells 5th Circ. $81M Spill Fine Is Too Flawed To Stand

    Citgo continued Friday to urge the Fifth Circuit to undo an $81 million fine stemming from a 2006 oil spill, saying that the federal government cannot explain away a lower court's flaws in determining how much economic benefit the company received from its violation that led to the spill.

  6. January 20, 2017

    US Tells 5th Circ. Citgo's $81M Spill Fine Should Stick

    The federal government on Wednesday urged the Fifth Circuit to uphold an $81 million fine imposed against Citgo Petroleum Corp. over a 2006 oil spill, saying the oil company hasn't presented any evidence that a lower court miscalculated the economic benefit the company received from its violations that led to the spill.

  7. October 14, 2016

    Citgo Asks 5th Circ. To Downsize $81M Oil Spill Fine

    Citgo asked the Fifth Circuit on Thursday to set aside an $81 million fine stemming from a 2006 oil spill, saying that the federal government erred in calculating how much economic benefit the company received from its violations that led to the spill.