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IN RE DEEPWATER HORIZON

Nos. 13-30315, 13-30329.

732 F.3d 326 (2013)

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.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 2, 2013.

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 University School of Law, New York, NY, James Parkerson Roy , Domengeaux, Wright, Roy & Edwards, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Theodore B. Olson , Miguel Angel Estrada , 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., Thomas George Hungar , Scott Payne Martin , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, L.L.P., Andrew Tanner Karron , Arnold & Porter, L.L.P., Steven Andrew Myers , Kirkland & Ellis, 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., Richard C. Stanley, Esq. , Patrick Henry Fourroux , Gina Marie Palermo , Jennifer L. Thornton , Stanley, Reuter, Ross, Thornton & Alford, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Mark Holstein, BP Amoco, Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before DENNIS, CLEMENT, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:

BP Exploration & Production, Inc. ("BP") appeals the district court's decision upholding the Claims Administrator's interpretation of the settlement agreement between it and the class of parties injured in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. BP also appeals the district court's dismissal of its action for breach of contract against the Administrator and denial of its motion for a preliminary injunction. We affirm the district...

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