Legal Opinion
In re BP P.L.C. Securities Litigation
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided February 13, 2012No. MDL No. 10-md-2185; Civil Action No. 4:10-md-2185PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*772 MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
KEITH P. ELLISON, District Judge.
On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon rig operated by BP pic exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, causing loss of life and the largest oil spill in this nation’s history. In the months that followed, lawsuits raising a variety of claims, including securities fraud claims, were filed across the country. A group later identified as the Ludlow Plaintiffs filed an action in the Western District of Louisiana on May 21, 2010. (Doc. No. 22, Ex. 1.)1 The Comptroller of the State of New York and the Attorney General of Ohio — representatives of a…
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