Legal Opinion
Ecuadorian v. Chevron Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 8, 2010No. 10-20389PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:
A group of Ecuadorian citizens (the “plaintiffs”) who have sued Chevron Corporation in Ecuador appeal from the district court’s order allowing Chevron to depose their consultant, 3TM. We affirm the district court’s order directing STM to submit to a foundational deposition, subject to the limitation described below.
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In 2003, the plaintiffs sued Chevron in Ecuador, seeking to hold Chevron liable as the successor to Texaco Petroleum Company. 1 The plaintiffs allege that Texaco polluted the Ecuadorian Amazon Rainforest over the course of several decades while engaging in…
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