The D.C. Circuit on April 18 affirmed the Secretary of Labor's authority to cite KC Transport, Inc. for safety violations at an off-site trucking maintenance facility, holding that the shop and the haul trucks it services fall within the...
The justices unanimously rejected a federal appeals court ruling that had blocked Chevron and its co-defendants from transferring to federal court a lawsuit over decades of oil and gas activity along the Louisiana coast.
Court unanimously sides with oil and gas companies in suit over damage to Louisiana coast
The Supreme Court held that Chevron USA Inc. has plausibly satisfied the "relating to" requirement of the federal officer removal statute, 28 U.S.C. ยง1442(a)(1), for a Louisiana state-court environmental lawsuit. The Court concluded that...
Chevron USA Incorporated, et al., Petitioners v. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, et al.
The D.C. Circuit held that a truck maintenance facility located about a mile from an active coal mine constitutes a "mine" under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Amendments Act of 1977, affirming Mine Safety and Health Administration c...
Secretary of Labor v. KC Transport, Inc.
Louisiana parishes suing oil companies over coastal damage are fighting to keep those cases in state court, while Chevron and other petitioners argue that wartime federal contracts entitle them to a federal forum under the Federal Office...
Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish