IN RE DEEPWATER HORIZON

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

744 F.3d 370 (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.

March 3, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Jay Herman, Esq. , Soren E. Gisleson , Herman Herman & Katz, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Samuel Issacharoff (argued), School of Law, New York, NY, James Parkerson Roy , Domengeaux, Wright, Roy & Edwards, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Theodore B. Olson (argued) , 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., Washington, DC, Andrew Baker Bloomer, Esq. , Counsel, Richard Cartier Godfrey, Esq. , James Andrew Langan, Esq. , Kirktand & 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, Andrew Tanner Karron , Arnold & Porter, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Steven Andrew Myers , Kirkland & Ellis, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellant.

Paul D. Clement , Bancroft, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, for James Augustus Burton, Esq., Attorney, Christopher Martin Guidroz , Robert L. Redfearn , Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, Corey L. Maze, Esq. , Special Attorney to the Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Montgomery, AL, James M. Hood, III , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Jackson, MS, Megan Kathleen Terrell, Esq. , Assistant Attorney General, Baton Rouge, LA, David B. Byrne, Jr. , Montgomery, AL, Terese Troxclair Wyly, Balch & Bingham, L.L.P., Gulfport, MS, Michael Cameron Moore, Esq. , Mike Moore Law Firm, L.L.C., Flowood, MS, Joshua Paul Clayton , Martha Y. Curtis, Esq. , James M. Garner, Esq. , Sher Gamer Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Amicus Curiae.

Before DENNIS, CLEMENT and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.


LESLIE H. SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judge:

This appeal concerns issues arising under a Settlement Agreement approved by the district court in December 2012. Relevant to us today is that the settlement provided a mechanism for presenting and processing claims for business losses caused by the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. The district court made two rulings as directed by our October 2013 remand. One concerned an accounting question,...

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