IN RE DEEPWATER HORIZON

No. 20-30689.

17 F.4th 528 (2021)

IN RE: DEEPWATER HORIZON. Albert B. Moore, III; A'Donna Richardson; Rashawn White; Yen Do; Ellasha Galloway, for the minor child B.S.; Frances Roberts; George Pickett; Scott Porter, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BP Exploration & Production, Incorporated; BP America Production Company; BP, P.L.C.; Transocean Holdings, L.L.C.; Transocean Deepwater, Incorporated; Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Incorporated; Halliburton Energy Services, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED August 3, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Allen Dominick , Nexsen Pruet, L.L.C., Charleston, SC, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

George W. Hicks, Jr. , Aaron Lloyd Nielson , Kirkland & Ellis, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Devin Chase Reid, Esq. , Liskow & Lewis, P.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellees BP Exploration & Production, Incorporated, BP America Production Company, BP, P.L.C.

Kerry J. Miller , Daniel John Dysart, Esq. , Fishman Haygood, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellees Transocean Holdings, L.L.C., Transocean Deepwater, Incorporated, Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Incorporated.

Robert Alan York , Reed Smith, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee Halliburton Energy Services, Incorporated.

Before CLEMENT, HAYNES, and WILSON, Circuit Judges.


This case is another in the line of cases related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Eight individuals (collectively, "Plaintiffs") appeal the district court's order dismissing their claims with prejudice. We AFFIRM.

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