Legal Opinion
Wren Thomas v. Chevron USA, Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 11, 2016No. 15-20490PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES L. DENNIS, Circuit Judge:
In October 2014, Wren Thomas sued Chevron USA, Inc. (Chevron) and Edison Chouest Offshore, LLC (Edison) 1 in Texas state court. Chevron removed the suit to federal court and filed a motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6). Thomas filed a response to Chevron’s motion to dismiss in which he argued that the court should remand the case, deny Chevron’s motion to dismiss, or, in the alternative, grant him leave to amend his complaint. After the district court converted the motion to dismiss into a motion for summary judgment and allowed the parties to file supplemental…
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