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U.S. Supreme Court sides with oil and gas in Louisiana environmental lawsuits

source: U.S. Supreme Court -> target: Plaquemines Parish and Louisiana plaintiffs

On 2026-04-17, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish to allow Chevron to move the Louisiana coastal-damage lawsuits into federal court. The decision sided with oil and gas companies and rejected the plaintiffs' preferred state-court venue, affecting multiple related Louisiana cases.

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