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IN RE DEEPWATER HORIZON

Nos. 13-30315, 13-31316, 13-30329, 13-31220.

753 F.3d 509 (2014)

In re DEEPWATER HORIZON. Lake Eugenie Land & Development, Incorporated; Bon Secour Fisheries, Incorporated; Fort Morgan Realty, Incorporated; LFBP 1, L.L.C., doing business as GW Fins; Panama City Beach Dolphin Tours & More, L.L.C.; Zekes Charter Fleet, L.L.C.; William Sellers; Kathleen Irwin; Ronald Lundy; Corliss Gallo; John Tesvich; Michael Guidry, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; Henry Hutto; Brad Friloux; Jerry J. Kee, Plaintiffs-Appellees v. BP Exploration & Production, Incorporated; BP America Production Company; BP Pipe Line Company, Defendants-Appellants. In re Deepwater Horizon Lake Eugenie Land & Development, Incorporated; Bon Secour Fisheries, Incorporated; Fort Morgan Realty, Incorporated; LFBP 1, L.L.C., doing business as GW Fins; Panama City Beach Dolphin Tours & More, L.L.C.; Zekes Charter Fleet, L.L.C.; William Sellers; Kathleen Irwin; Ronald Lundy; Corliss Gallo; John Tesvich; Michael Guidry, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; Henry Hutto; Brad Friloux; Jerry J. Kee, Plaintiffs-Appellees v. BP Exploration & Production, Incorporated; BP America Production Company; BP, P.L.C., Defendants-Appellants BP Exploration & Production, Incorporated; BP America Production Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. Lake Eugenie Land & Development, Incorporated; Bon Secour Fisheries, Incorporated; Fort Morgan Realty, Incorporated; LFBP 1, L.L.C., doing business as GW Fins; Panama City Beach Dolphin Tours & More, L.L.C.; Zekes Charter Fleet, L.L.C.; William Sellers; Kathleen Irwin; Ronald Lundy; Corliss Gallo; John Tesvich; Michael Guidry, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; Henry Hutto; Brad Friloux; Jerry J. Kee, Intervenor Defendants-Appellees Deepwater Horizon Court Supervised Settlement Program; Patrick A. Juneau, in his official capacity as Claims Administrator of the Deepwater Horizon Court Supervised Settlement Program administering the Deepwater Horizon Economic and Property Damages Settlement Agreement, and in his official capacity as Trustee of the Deepwater, Defendants-Appellees In re Deepwater Horizon Lake Eugenie Land & Development, Incorporated; Bon Secour Fisheries, Incorporated; Fort Morgan Realty, Incorporated; LFBP 1, L.L.C., doing business as GW Fins; Panama City Beach Dolphin Tours & More, L.L.C.; Zekes Charter Fleet, L.L.C.; William Sellers; Kathleen Irwin; Ronald Lundy; Corliss Gallo; John Tesvich; Michael Guidry, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; Henry Hutto; Brad Friloux; Jerry J. Kee, Plaintiffs-Appellees v. BP Exploration & Production, Incorporated; BP America Production Company; BP Pipe Line Company, Defendants-Appellants In re Deepwater Horizon Lake Eugenie Land & Development, Incorporated; Bon Secour Fisheries, Incorporated; Fort Morgan Realty, Incorporated; LFBP 1, L.L.C., doing business as GW Fins; Panama City Beach Dolphin Tours & More, L.L.C.; Zekes Charter Fleet, L.L.C.; William Sellers; Kathleen Irwin; Ronald Lundy; Corliss Gallo; John Tesvich; Michael Guidry, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; Henry Hutto; Brad Friloux; Jerry J. Kee, Plaintiffs-Appellees v. BP Exploration & Production, Incorporated; BP America Production Company; BP, P.L.C., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 19, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Jay Herman, Esq. , Soren E. Gisleson, Esq. , Herman Herman & Katz, L.L.C, New Orleans, LA, Samuel Issacharoff , New York, NY, James Parkerson Roy , Domengeaux, Wright, Roy & Edwards, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Theodore B. Olson , Miguel Angel Estrada , Thomas George Hungar , Scott Payne Martin , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, L.L.P., Robert C. Mike Brock , Covington & Burling, L.L.P., Jeffrey Bossert Clark, Sr., Esq. , Kirkland & Ellis, L.L.P., Kevin Michael Downey , Frank Lane Heard, III , Williams & Connolly, L.L.P., Andrew Tanner Karron , Arnold & Porter, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Andrew Baker Bloomer, Esq. , Counsel, Richard Cartier Godfrey, Esq. , James Andrew Langan, Esq. , Kirkland & Ellis, L.L.P., Jeffrey Lennard , Dentons US, L.L.P., Chicago, IL, S. Gene Fendler, Esq. , Don Keller Haycraft , Liskow & Lewis, P.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Mark Holstein , Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before DENNIS, CLEMENT, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

ORDER ON PETITION FOR PANEL REHEARING

LESLIE H. SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judge:

BP Exploration & Production, Inc. petitions for rehearing of our March 3, 2014 decision in In re Deepwater Horizon, 744 F.3d 370 (5th Cir.2014). We upheld the district court's opinion that because of the terms of the parties' settlement, claimants need not present direct evidence of causation during the processing of claims. On rehearing...

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