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GUERRERO v. OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP.

No. 20-20633.

33 F.4th 730 (2022)

Juan Carlos Cisneros GUERRERO, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated; Wilson Fernando Achachi Seileman; Miguel Angel Romero Gallardo; Esbar Estalin Paz; Norma Gesel Proano Paredes; et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION; Occidental Exploration and Production Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED May 5, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Sydow, Sr. , Sydow Law Firm, L.L.P., Jeremy Wallace Dunbar , Attorney, Sean Gorman, Esq. , Bracewell, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Paula W. Hinton, Esq. , Winston & Strawn, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Eric W. Bloom , Potomac, MD, Lauren Gailey , Winston & Strawn, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Higginbotham, Willett, and Duncan, Circuit Judges.

Ecuadorian law has long required private companies to share profits with employees. So when Ecuador contracted with foreign oil company Occidental to develop an oil-rich region of the rainforest, Occidental paid its Ecuadorian employees a sizable portion of its annual profits. Things went well for several years...

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