Legal Opinion
In Re: BP, P.L.C. Securities
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 8, 2015No. 14-20420PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
In this case, our court returns — not for the first time, and likely not for the last— to events related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The plaintiffs, all holders of BP securities, bring suit against the company and two of its executives, former CEO Anthony Hayward and former Chief Operating Officer Douglas Suttles. 1 They allege that BP made two distinct series of misrepresentations in violation of federal securities law: one series regarding its pre-spill safety procedures, and one regarding the flow rate of the oil after the spill occurred.
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2Cases cited27 opinions
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