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IN RE DEEPWATER HORIZON

No. 12-30883.

753 F.3d 570 (2014)

In re DEEPWATER HORIZON. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. B.P. Exploration & Production, Incorporated; Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 4, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maggie B. Smith, Esq. , Michelle Terry Delemarre , Ellen J. Durkee , Judy B. Harvey , Steven O'Rourke , David Joseph Pfeffer , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Sharon Denise Smith , Esq., Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, New Orleans, LA, R. Michael Underbill , U.S. Attorney's Office, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

David Bruce Salmons, Esq. , Bryan Michael Killian, Esq. , Ky E. Kirby , Bingham McCutchen, L.L.P., Jeffrey Bossert Clark, Sr., Esq. , Robert R. Gasaway , Aaron Llyod Nielson , Stephen Sidney Schwartz , Kirkland & Ellis, L.L.P., Brian D. Israel , Arnold & Porter, L.L.P., Washington, DC, James Joseph Dragna , Bingham McCutchen, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, Deborah D. Kuchler , Kuchler, Polk, Schell, Weiner & Richeson, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Richard Cartier Godfrey, Esq. , Chicago, IL, Aditya Bamzai , McLean, VA, Don Keller Haycraft , Liskow & Lewis, P.L.C., New Orleans, LA, James Andrew Langan, Esq. , Kirkland & Ellis, L.L.P., Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before KING, BENAVIDES, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

FORTUNATO P. BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

Before the Court is the federal government's civil enforcement action for Clean Water Act violations associated with the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Defendants BP Exploration & Production, Inc. ("BP") and Anadarko Petroleum Corporation ("Anadarko") appeal summary judgment in favor of the government on the question of their liability for civil penalties...

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