Deepwater Horizon Lake Eugenie Land v. Halliburton Energy Servs., Inc.

Following the Deepwater Horizon disaster, Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. and Transocean Holdings, L.L.C. each entered into a punitive damages settlement agreement with a class of claimants who alleged that they were harmed by the oil spill. In these consolidated appeals, a group of menhaden fishermen challenge the denial of their claims pursuant to those settlements. Because the magistrate judge properly affirmed the denial of the claims and the district court properly declined review, we AFFIRM.

I

Appellants are commercial menhaden fishermen (the Fishermen) who allegedly suffered economic…