Legal Opinion
Patton Boggs, LLP v. Chevron Corporation
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 22, 2012No. 11-7082, 11-7089PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GRIFFITH.
GRIFFITH, Circuit Judge.
This case is but a small part of a long-running and now sprawling international litigation battle in which various indigenous Ecuadorian groups claim that Chevron Corporation is liable for environmental harm caused in the Amazon over three decades. Patton Boggs LLP represents the plaintiffs and would like to continue to do so. The district court denied Patton Boggs both a declaratory judgment that it could not be disqualified from that representation and leave to amend its complaint with claims that Chevron and its…
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