CHEVRON CORP. v. DONZIGER

No. 11 Civ. 0691 (LAK).

783 F.Supp.2d 713 (2011)

CHEVRON CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. Steven DONZIGER, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

May 9, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randy M. Mastro , Andrea E. Neuman , Scott A. Edelman , Kristen L. Hendricks , William E. Thomson , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Attorneys for Plaintiff.

Julio C. Gomez , Julio C. Gomez , Attorney at Law LLC, Carlos A. Zalaya, II. F. Gerald Maples, PA, Attorneys for Defendants Hugo Gerardo, Camacho Naranjo and Javier Piaguaje Payaguaje.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

LEWIS A. KAPLAN, District Judge.

The so-called Lago Agrio plaintiffs1 (the "LAPs") recently obtained a multibillion dollar judgment (the "Judgment") against Chevron Corporation ("Chevron") from a provincial court in Ecuador for alleged environmental pollution by Texaco, Inc. ("Texaco"), the shares of which now are owned, directly or indirectly, by Chevron. Steven Donziger, a New York attorney, has been a lead...

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