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U.S. v. TRANSOCEAN DEEPWATER DRILLING, INC.

No. 13-20243.

767 F.3d 485 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. TRANSOCEAN DEEPWATER DRILLING, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 18, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam Laurence Goldman, Esq. , Assistant U.S. Attorney, Samuel Glenn Longoria , U.S. Attorney's Office, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Sean Daniel Jordan , Sutherland Asbill & Brennan L.L.P., Austin, TX, Steven Lynn Roberts , Attorney, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant. Kenneth G. Engerrand, I, Esq. , Brown Sims, P.C., David Andrew Kirby , Strong Pipkin Bissell & Ledyard, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Amicus Curiae.

Before REAVLEY, JONES, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

Transocean Deepwater Drilling, Inc. appeals from the district court's order enforcing administrative subpoenas issued by the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board in connection with an investigation following the disaster on the Deepwater Horizon drilling unit in the Gulf of Mexico. Transocean contends that the subpoenas should have been quashed because the Board lacks authority to investigate the incident. We AFFIRM the district...

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