IN RE DEEPWATER HORIZON

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellen J. Durkee , Michelle Terry Delernarre , John David Gunter, II, Esq. , Trial Attorney, Judy B. Harvey , 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 Bruce Salmons, Esq. , Attorney, Bryan Michael Killian , Ky E. Kirby , Bingham McCutchen, L.L.P., Bryan Michael Killian , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, L.L.P., Jeffrey Bossert Clark, Sr., Esq. , 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 DeRoche Kuchler , Kuchler, Polk, Schell, Weiner & Richeson, L.L.C. Don Keller Haycraft , Liskow & Lewis, P.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Michael Butler Wigmore, Esq. , Richard Cartier Godfrey, 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 , Brad D. Brian, Esq. , Domengeaux, Wright, Roy & Edwards, Lafayette, LA, for Amicus Curiae.

Before KING, BENAVIDES, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.