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Louisiana Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment in Asbestos Case

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Parsons”) from 1975 through 1977 when he worked on the initial construction of Marathon Petroleum Company LP’s (“Marathon”) oil refinery in Garyville, Louisiana. 1] Plaintiffs argued they introduced sufficient evidence that reflected asbestos-containing materials were used during Parsons’s initial construction of the Marathon refinery.

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Louisiana Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment in Asbestos Case

The Energy Law

Parsons”) from 1975 through 1977 when he worked on the initial construction of Marathon Petroleum Company LP’s (“Marathon”) oil refinery in Garyville, Louisiana. 1] Plaintiffs argued they introduced sufficient evidence that reflected asbestos-containing materials were used during Parsons’s initial construction of the Marathon refinery.

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Fifth Circuit Vacates $6 Million Clean Water Act Penalty

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The case relates to a 2006 oil spill which occurred at CITGO’s Lake Charles, Louisiana, refinery. The District Court determined that quantifying the economic benefit to CITGO was almost impossible given the conflicting evidence presented. CITGO Petroleum Corp., 11-31117 (5th Cir. July 17, 2013) (pdf). Opinion, pp.

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New Judge, Same Result – $81 Million CWA Civil Penalty Appealed

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Charles refinery. In January 2016, Judge Haik retired from the bench and the case was transferred to Judge Drell. The result is consistent, however, with the EPA’s 2014-2018 Strategic Plan of focusing on large cases, and its recent pattern of pursuing fewer enforcement actions with larger resolutions. CITGO Petroleum Corp.,