Legal Opinion
In Re Application of Chevron Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 7, 2010No. 10 MC 00001(LAK)PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
LEWIS A. KAPLAN, District Judge.
Chevron Corporation (“Chevron”) is the target of litigation brought in Ecuador by the so-called the Lago Agrio plaintiffs 1 in which the latter seek to recover over $27 billion for alleged environmental pollution by Texaco, which was acquired by Chevron after Texaco ceased operations in Ecuador and settled environmental claims with its government. At the suggestion of counsel for the Lago Agrio plaintiffs, Joseph Berlinger and affiliates (collectively, “Berlinger”) undertook to make a documentary film about the litigation. They were given…
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