DC Circ. Nixes Chevron's Doc Access In $18B Ecuador Case

By Sean McLernon ( June 12, 2012, 5:38 PM EDT) -- The D. C. Circuit on Tuesday reversed a lower court ruling granting Chevron Corp. access to hundreds of documents in a fraud case over an $18 billion oil spill judgment against the energy giant in Ecuadorean court, finding that the decision was based on a ruling that is no longer valid. . . .

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