Legal Opinion
Exxon Mobil Corp. v. United States
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided June 4, 2015No. Civil Action Nos. H-10-2386, H-11-1814PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND OPINION
LEE H. ROSENTHAL, District Judge.
The nation’s need for wartime supplies made during World War II and the Korean War left lasting environmental effects. More recent statutes require those involved to clean the pollution left in the refineries and plants where aviation fuel and other supplies our nation’s military needed were produced. This case requires the court to decide who pays, and how much. The issue is whether the federal government or a private oil company it contracted with to produce fuel needed in the wars must pay for the environmental harm the production…
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