Tronox Incorporated v. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK IN RE TRONOX INCORPORATED, et al. 14-CV-5495 (JPO) TRONOX INCORPORATED, et al., OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiffs, -v- ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. J. PAUL OETKEN, District Judge: In 2014, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and affiliated companies entered into a $5.15 billion environmental and toxic-tort settlement to end an adversary proceeding in bankruptcy court. (See Dkt. No. 32.) Critical to that settlement was a permanent injunction (the “Injunction”) prohibiting the litigation of claims that are derivative or…