IN RE DEEPWATER HORIZON

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maggie B. Smith, Esq. (argued), Michelle Terry Delemarre , Ellen J. Durkee , Judy B. Harvey , Steven O'Rourke , David Joseph Pfeffer , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Sharon Denise Smith, Esq. , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, New Orleans, LA, R. Michael Underhill , U.S. Attorney's Office, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

David Brace Salmons, Esq. (argued), Bryan Michael Killian, Esq. , Ky E. Kirby , Bingham McCutchen, L.L.P., Jeffrey Bossert Clark, Sr., Esq. (argued), Robert R. Gasaway , Aaron Llyod Nielson , Stephen Sidney Schwartz , Kirkland & Ellis, L.L.P. Brian D. Israel , Arnold & Porter, L.L.P., Washington, DC, James Joseph Dragna , Bingham McCutchen, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, Deborah D. Kuchler , Kuchler, Polk, Schell, Weiner & Richeson, L.L.C., Don Keller Haycraft , Liskow & Lewis, P.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Richard Cartier Godfiey, Esq. , James Andrew Langan, Esq , Kirkland & Ellis, L.L.P., Chicago, IL, Aditya Bamzai , McLean, VA, for Defendants-Appellants.

Kenneth G. Engerrand, I, Esq. , Brown Sims, P.C., David Andrew Kirby , Strong Pipkin Bissell & Ledyard, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Stephen Jay Herman, Esq. , Herman Herman & Katz, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, James Parkerson Roy , Domengeaux, Wright, Roy & Edwards, Lafayette, LA, Brad D. Brian, Esq. , Munger, Tolles & Olson, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, for Amicus Curiae.

Before KING, BENAVIDES, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.