HORNBECK OFFSHORE SERVICES, L.L.C. v. SALAZAR

No. 11-30936.

713 F.3d 787 (2013)

HORNBECK OFFSHORE SERVICES, L.L.C.; Bee Mar-Worker Bee, L.L.C.; North American Fabricators, L.L.C.; Bee Mar, L.L.C.; Offshore Support Services, L.L.C.; et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Kenneth SALAZAR, Secretary, Department of Interior, also known as Ken Salazar; United States Department of Interior; Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement; Michael R. Bromwich, In His Official Capacity as Director, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 9, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl David Rosenblum , Alida C. Hainkel , Grady Schell Hurley , Marjorie Ann McKeithen , Counsel, Jones Walker, New Orleans, LA, John Fontana Cooney , Venable, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Allen Michael Brabender , U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division-Appellate, Guillermo A. Montero , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Michael Thomas Gray , U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, FL, Peter M. Mansfield , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before WIENER, ELROD and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.


LESLIE H. SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judge:

The opinion filed in this case on November 27, 2012,1 is WITHDRAWN.

This case arises from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident in the Gulf of Mexico. An explosion killed 11 workers, caused the drilling platform to sink, and resulted in an uncontrolled, lengthy and massive release of oil. At Presidential direction, those events prompted the Department...

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