Packgen v. BP Exploration & Production, Inc.

STAHL, Circuit Judge.

In the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010, Appellant Packgen, a manufacturer of packaging products, sought to sell oil containment boom to Appellees BP Exploration & Production, Inc. and BP America Production Company (collectively, “BP”). Despite months of negotiations, BP ultimately decided not to purchase any boom from Packgen. Pack-gen subsequently filed a five-count complaint in the federal district court in Maine, invoking diversity jurisdiction and alleging various state-law tort claims. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of BP.…