Legal Opinion
Chevron Corp. v. Donziger
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 10, 2013No. 11 Civ. 0691(LAK)PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON MOTIONS TO COMPEL AND FOR SANCTIONS
LEWIS A. KAPLAN, District Judge.
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New York attorney Steven Donziger and his Ecuadorian clients have obtained an $18.2 billion judgment against Chevron Corporation (“Chevron”) from an Ecuadorian court (the “Judgment”). Chevron sues here for equitable relief,1 claiming that the Judgment was obtained by fraud — including but not limited to bribery of the Ecuadorian judge— as part of a scheme to extort money from it. The defendants include Mr. Donziger’s Ecuadorian clients, their lead Ecuadorian counsel, and several other…
2Cases cited45 opinions
- Insurance Corp. of Ireland v. Compagnie Des Bauxites De GuineeSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Societe Internationale Pour Participations Industrielles Et Commerciales, S. A. v. RogersSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Agency Holding Corp. v. Malley-Duff & Associates, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Maness v. MeyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Susan Mary Kamen v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co., Patricia McDonald and Carol BuckhamCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Chevron Corp. v. DonzigerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2016
- Chevron Corp. v. DonzigerDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2014
- Hawley v. Mphasis Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 2014
- Deanda v. HicksDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2015
- Schaeffler v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2014
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