Exxon Corp. v. United States

JAMESON, Judge.

This appeal involves the accommodation of two related actions in which Exxon is a defendant, and which pose the threat of conflicting decisions on identical issues. Exxon appeals from a preliminary injunction issued by the District Court for the District of Columbia in United States of America v. Exxon Corporation, (“D.C. Action”), ordering Exxon to dismiss its “Counterclaim, Joinder and Third Party Action” filed in Jarvis Christian College, et al. v. Exxon Corporation in the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division (“Jarvis ”), “insofar as .. . [it] purports to state claims…