In re Oil Spill by the Oil Rig "Deepwater Horizon"

*874 ORDER & REASONS

[As to BP’s Motion to Strike the State of Alabama’s Jury Demand]

CARL J. BARBIER, District Judge.

BP moved to strike the State of Alabama’s (“the State” or “Alabama”) jury demand from the trial on Alabama’s compensatory damages. (Rec. Doc. 12345).1 The motion was briefed and submitted without oral argument.2 For reasons explained below, the Court concludes that the State is entitled to a jury trial on its present claims under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (“OPA” or “the Act”), 33 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq.3 Accordingly, the Court denies BP’s motion.

BACKGROUND

On April 20, 2010, a…