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October 28, 2016
2nd Circ. Won't Revisit $8.6B Chevron Pollution Case Fraud
The full Second Circuit won't second-guess an August panel ruling that affirmed a lower court's decision that an $8.6 billion oil pollution judgment against Chevron in Ecuador was fraudulently produced and could not be enforced.
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September 16, 2016
2nd Circ. Asked To Rethink $9.5B Chevron Pollution Battle
Representatives for indigenous Ecuadoreans asked the Second Circuit on Friday to re-evaluate its August ruling that an unprecedented $9.5 billion oil pollution judgment against Chevron in Ecuador was fraudulently produced and could not be enforced, saying the trial judge lacked legal authority to deem the Ecuadorean judgment invalid.
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August 09, 2016
4 Takeaways From Chevron's Win In $9.5B Pollution Battle
The Second Circuit on Monday handed Chevron Corp. a huge win in its long-running legal battle over alleged drilling pollution in the Amazon rainforest when it backed a lower court's conclusion that a $9.5 billion judgment against the energy giant in Ecuador was fraudulently produced and couldn't be enforced. Here, legal experts identify four key takeaways from the appeals court's ruling.
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August 08, 2016
Chevron Wins Appeal Over $9.5B Ecuador Oil Pollution Tab
The Second Circuit on Monday upheld a lower court's conclusion that a $9.5 billion oil pollution judgment against Chevron in Ecuador was fraudulently produced and could not be enforced, the latest development in the long-running dispute.
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April 20, 2015
2nd Circ. Urged To Look Past Donziger In $9.5B Chevron Case
A Manhattan federal judge erred in barring Ecuadoreans from attempting to enforce a $9.5 billion pollution judgment from their home country against Chevron Corp. in New York, mistakenly punishing them for their attorney's misconduct, the Second Circuit heard Monday in a closely watched and many-threaded appeal.
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October 09, 2014
Punish Donziger's Fraud In Chevron Row, 2nd Circ. Told
Business trade group the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday urged the Second Circuit to "punish" what it claimed was "massive fraud" on the part of Steven Donziger, the attorney for indigenous Ecuadoreans in their pollution battle against Chevron Corp.
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October 02, 2014
Chevron Tells 2nd Circ. $9.5B Judgment Obtained Fraudulently
Chevron Corp. urged the Second Circuit on Wednesday to affirm an order prohibiting the enforcement of a $9.5 billion judgment in its fight with the attorney who represented indigenous Ecuadoreans in their pollution battle, arguing the district court correctly found that Steven Donziger procured the judgment by fraud.
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July 02, 2014
2nd Circ. Urged To Enforce $9.5B Chevron Ecuador Judgment
Two Ecuadoreans representing the country's indigenous people urged the Second Circuit on Tuesday to overturn an injunction barring the enforcement of the challenged $9.5 billion pollution judgment against Chevron Corp., arguing that the focus of the case has diverted from imposing liability on Chevron to a "distasteful sideshow."