United States v. BP Exploration & Production, Inc.

*663FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW PHASE ONE TRIAL

CARL BARBIER, District Judge.

Pursuant to Federal Rule, of Civil Procedure 52(a), the Court enters these Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law relative to the Phase One trial. If any finding is in truth a conclusion of law, or if any conclusion stated is in truth a finding of fact, it shall be deemed so.

The Court has also issued simultaneously with these Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law a separate order ruling on various motions pertaining to the Phase One trial.

*664CONTENTS

I. Introduction and Procedural History. .666

II. Parties to…