Legal Opinion
Lake Eugenie Land Development v. BP Exploration & Production, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 16, 2015No. 14-30823PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARL E. STEWART, Chief Judge:
In May 2012, BP Exploration & Production Inc. (“BP”) and related entities reached a settlement with a class of individuals who suffered economic and property damage after the Deepwater Horizon incident. That settlement agreement established a fund and an elaborate multi-tiered claims process. A provision in the agreement governs the scope and timing of the parties’ access to information about these claims as they advance through that process. The district court determined that the provision did not entitle the parties to claim-specific information until an initial…
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3Cited by22 opinions
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