Legal Opinion
In Re Oil Spill by the Oil Rig "Deepwater Horizon"
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided August 26, 2011No. MDL 2179PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND REASONS
[As to Motions to Dismiss the Bl Master Complaint]
BARBIER, District Judge.
This multi-district litigation (“MDL”) consists of hundreds of consolidated cases, with thousands of claimants, pending before this Court. These cases arise from the April 20, 2010 explosion, fire, and sinking of the DEEPWATER HORIZON mobile offshore drilling unit (“MODU”), which resulted in the release of millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico before it was finally capped approximately three months later. The consolidated cases include claims for the death of eleven individuals, numerous…
2Cases cited49 opinions
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- Lormand v. US Unwired, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2009
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3Cited by26 opinions
- In Re DEEPWATER HORIZONCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2014
- United States v. Robert KaluzaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2015
- Deepwater Horizon Lake Eugenie Land v. Halliburton Energy Servs., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2019
- United States v. Transocean Deepwater Drilling, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2014
- United States v. BP Exploration & Production, Inc.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 2014
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