Legal Opinion
Lake Eugenie Land & Development, Inc. v. BP Exploration & Production, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 8, 2015No. Nos. 13-31296, 13-31299, 13-31302PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARD C. PRADO, Circuit Judge:
In these consolidated cases, BP Exploration & Production, Inc., BP America Production Company, and BP p.l.c. (collectively “BP”) appeals three Deepwater Horizon-related settlement awards it paid to nonprofits through its CourtsSupervised Settlement Program (CSSP). The district court denied discretionary review of these three awards even though BP argued that the Claims Administrator improperly interpreted the Settlement Agreement (the Agreement). The awards were based on the Claims Administrator’s determination that nonprofits may count donations and grants as…
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