Supreme Court Ruling In WWII-Era Oil Dispute Drives Major Win For American Energy

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday handed energy companies a significant procedural victory, ruling that Chevron may move a long-running Louisiana environmental lawsuit from state to federal court and, in doing so, broadened the scope of a key federal jurisdiction statute. In a 7–1 decision in Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish, the Court held ...