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At dispute in the case was Chevron's role in these incidents and whether this role could be tied to liability for resultant damages. [2] [3] Between May 25 and 28, 1998, approximately 100 community protesters occupied the Parabe platform, a Chevron Nigeria-owned offshore drilling rig and construction barge located in the Niger delta. Chevron ...
A Chevron spokesperson commented that the award was "nothing more than a stunt to distract attention from the fact that the lawsuit against Chevron in Ecuador has been proven to be meritless and the product of unprecedented fraud" and pointed to a U.S. court finding that the plaintiff's lawyers had committed "mail and wire fraud, money ...
An offshore oil platform and barge owned and operated by Chevron Nigeria Limited was overtaken by a group of people from the Ilaje community. The case decided whether Chevron was responsible for the actions of the Nigerian security forces that were called to end the occupation of the platform and barge.
The court's 6-3 ruling on Friday overturned a 1984 decision colloquially known as Chevron that has instructed lower courts to defer to federal agencies when laws passed by Congress are not crystal ...
Chevron Corporation is an American multinational energy corporation predominantly specializing in oil and gas.The second-largest direct descendant of Standard Oil, and originally known as the Standard Oil Company of California (shortened to Socal or CalSo), it is active in more than 180 countries.
The CD emerged from the landmark case, Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., in 1984. The doctrine is based on the premise that administrative agencies, given their ...
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Steven Robert Donziger (born September 14, 1961) [1] [2] is an American attorney known for his legal battles with Chevron, particularly Aguinda v. Texaco, Inc. and other cases in which he represented over 30,000 farmers and indigenous people who suffered environmental damage and health problems caused by oil drilling in the Lago Agrio oil field of Ecuador.