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 energy companies’ actions, pursuant to federal contracts, to produce crude oil during World War II
July 03, 2023
Click here to view the coalition amicus brief.
Andrew Kim and William M. Jay of Goodwin Procter LLP and the U.S. Chamber’s Litigation Center served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber.
Case Documents
- U.S. Chamber Coalition Amicus Brief -- Plaquemines Parish v. BP America Production Co. (Fifth Circuit)
- Opinion -- Plaquemines Parish v. BP America Production Co. (Fifth Circuit)
- U.S. Chamber Coalition Amicus Brief -- Plaquemines Parish v. BP America Production Co. (Fifth Circuit)
- Order -- Plaquemines Parish v. BP America Production Co. (Fifth Circuit)