Case Updates
Fifth Circuit grants petition for panel rehearing, revisits its earlier decision on the timeliness of removal under the Federal Officer Removal Statute, and concludes that removal was timely
August 05, 2021
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Fifth Circuit issues order scheduling oral argument in a case in which the panel misapplied the appropriate test for timely removal under the Federal Officer Removal Statute
October 07, 2020
U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging the Fifth Circuit to grant the petition for panel rehearing, and revisit its earlier decision that failed to apply the appropriate test for timely removal under the Federal Officer Removal Statute
September 15, 2020
Click here to view the amicus brief filed by the U.S. Chamber and the National Association of Manufacturers. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief previously on the merits.
Thomas A. Lorenzen and Tyler A. O'Connor of Crowell & Moring LLP served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on behalf of the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center.
Fifth Circuit rejects appeal from order remanding complaint to state court, holding that removal was untimely
August 10, 2020
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U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Fifth Circuit to reverse trial court order and remove claims against companies acting at the direction of the federal government to federal court
September 04, 2019
Click here to view the Chamber’s brief.
Thomas A. Lorenzen and Tyler A. O'Connor of Crowell & Moring LLP served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on behalf of the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center.
Case Documents
- Memo ISO Motion to Stay -- Parish of Plaquemines v. Riverwood Production Co. (USDC - Eastern District of Louisiana).pdf
- Order -- Parish of Plaquemines v. Riverwood Production Co. (USDC - Eastern District of Louisiana).pdf
- U.S. Chamber Amicus Brief -- Parish of Plaquemines v. Riverwood Production Co. (Fifth Circuit).pdf
- Opinion -- Parish of Plaquemines v. Louisiana (Fifth Circuit).pdf
- U.S. Chamber & NAM Amicus Brief (rehearing) -- Parish of Plaquemines v. Louisiana (Fifth Circuit).pdf
- Order Scheduling Oral Argument -- Parish of Plaquemines v. Louisiana (Fifth Circuit).pdf
- Order Granting Petition -- Parish of Plaquemines v. Louisiana (Fifth Circuit).pdf