PARISH OF PLAQUEMINES v. CHEVRON USA, INC.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor L. Marcello, Esq. , Donald T. Carmouche , Talbot, Carmouche & Marcello, Baton Rouge, LA, William Peter Connick, Sr. , Connick & Connick, L.L.C., Andre Collins Gaudin, Esq. , Burglass & Tankersley, L.L.C., Metairie, LA, Brandon J. Taylor, Esq. , Cossich, Sumich, Parsiola & Taylor, L.L.C., Belle Chasse, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Ryan Michael Seidemann, Esq. , Louisiana Department of Justice, Baton Rouge, LA, for Intervenor-Appellee Jeffrey Martin Landry, Esq.

Donald Wayne Price , Special Counsel, Department of Natural Resources for the State of Louisiana, Megan Kathleen Terrell, Esq. , Assistant Attorney General, Plauche & Carr, L.L.P., Baton Rouge, LA, for Intervenor-Appellee State of Louisiana, through the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources Office of Coastal Management and its Secretary, Thomas F. Harris.

Peter D. Keisler, Esq. , Jennifer Jo Clark , Ryan C. Morris , Sidley Austin, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Eric Julian Mayer , Alexandra Giselle White , Susman Godfrey, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendant Appellant Chevron USA, Incorporated, As Successor in Interest to Chevron Oil Company and The California Company.

Martin A. Stern , Jeffrey Edward Richardson , Adams & Reese, L.L.P., Robert Beattie McNeal, Esq. , Liskow & Lewis, P.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant Appellant Exxon Mobil Corporation, As Successor in Interest to Exxon Corporation and Humble Oil and Refining Company.

Deborah DeRoche Kuchler , Michele Hale DeShazo , Kuchler Polk Weiner, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant Appellant ConocoPhillips Company, As Successor in Interest to General American Oil Company of Texas.

Thomas Allen Lorenzen , Crowell & Moring, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, National Association of Manufacturers.

George Scott Christian , Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae Texas Civil Jugtiee League, Incorporated.

Thomas More Flanagan , Anders F. Holmgren , Flanagan Partners, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Amici Curiae Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, Louisiana Oil & Gas Association, Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, Louisiana Chemical Association.

William Christopher Pooser , Stoel Rives, L.L.P., Boise, ID, for Amicus Curiae American Petroleum Institute.

Alexander Dubose & Jefferson, L.L.P., William Joseph Boyce , Houston, TX, Colleen Garcia , Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae Texas Oil and Gas Association.

Before HO, ENGELHARDT, and OLDHAM, Circuit Judges.