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ABBOTT v. BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION, INC.

No. 16-20028.

851 F.3d 384 (2017)

Kenneth W. ABBOTT; Food & Water Watch, Incorporated, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION, INCORPORATED; BP America, Incorporated; BP P.L.C.; BP Products North America, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed March 14, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Justin A. Nelson , Susman Godfrey, L.L.P., Gerald Mark Birnberg , Williams, Birnberg & Andersen, L.L.P., Jennifer Bruch Hogan , Hogan & Hogan, Edward A. Mallett, Esq. , Mallett Saper Berg, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Rene Marie Haas , David Lee Perry , Perry & Haas, Corpus Christi, TX, for Kenneth W. Abbott.

Justin A. Nelson , Susman Godfrey, L.L.P., Gerald Mark Birnberg , Williams, Birnberg & Andersen, L.L.P., Jennifer Bruch Hogan , Hogan & Hogan, Edward A. Mallett, Esq. , Mallett Saper Berg, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Rene Marie Haas , Perry & Haas, Corpus Christi, TX, Mary Melissa Whittle , Earthjustice, Austin, TX, for Food & Water Watch, Incorporated.

Lynne Liberato , William Feldman , Attorney, Mark R. Trachtenberg , Haynes & Boone, L.L.P., Anne M. Rodgers, Esq. , Norton Rose Fulbright US, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Jonathan Andrew Hunter , Liskow & Lewis, P.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, JONES, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

Plaintiffs Kenneth Abbott and Food & Water Watch, Incorporated appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment on all claims in favor of Defendants BP Exploration & Production, Inc., BP America, Inc., BP p.l.c., and BP Products North America Inc. (collectively, "BP"). We AFFIRM.

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