Legal Opinion
Lake Eugenie Land & Development, Inc. v. BP Exploration & Production, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 2, 2016No. 15-30265PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Per curiam
Glen Lerner and Jonathan Andry appeal the district court’s sanction order disqualifying them from further participation in the Court-Supervised Settlement Program related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and Andry Lerner, L.L.C. appeals the denial of its motion to alter or amend the restrictions imposed on related attorneys’ fees that were escrowed in connection with the sanction. Because the district court acted within its inherent authority to supervise the settlement program and did not abuse its discretion in imposing the sanction, we AFFIRM the district court’s sanction order. In…
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