Case Updates
Fifth Circuit denies rehearing in case about federal contractors’ wartime actions to produce oil
October 31, 2024
U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Fifth Circuit to grant rehearing and hold that district court had federal-officer removal jurisdiction in litigation about federal contractors’ wartime actions to produce oil
July 10, 2024
U.S. Chamber Coalition Amicus Brief
Andrew Kim and William M. Jay of Goodwin Procter LLP served as outside counsel.
Divided Fifth Circuit panel holds that district court lacked federal-officer removal jurisdiction over litigation about companies’ actions, pursuant to federal contracts, to produce crude oil during World War II
May 29, 2024
U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Fifth Circuit to hold that district court had federal officer removal jurisdiction over litigation about defendant’s oil production pursuant to federal contracts during World War II
September 12, 2023
Click here to view the coalition amicus brief.
Andrew Kim and William M. Jay of Goodwin Procter LLP and the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center served as co-counsel for the Chamber.
Case Documents
- U.S. Chamber Coalition Amicus Brief -- Parish of Cameron v. BP America Production Co. (Fifth Circuit)
- Opinion -- Parish of Cameron v. BP America Production Co. (Fifth Circuit)
- U.S. Chamber Coalition Amicus Brief -- Parish of Cameron v. BP America Production Co. (Fifth Circuit)
- Order -- Parish of Cameron v. BP America Production Co. (Fifth Circuit)