STREET v. BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION, INC.

No. 22-30393 Consolidated With Nos. 22-30394, 22-30395, 22-30396, 22-30397, 22-30496, 22-30499, 22-30500, 22-30501, 22-30502, 22-30503, 22-30504, 22-30505, 22-30506, 22-30508, 22-30512, 22-30513, 22-30514, 22-30515, 22-30516, 22-30517, 22-30518, 22-30519, 22-30520, 22-30521, 22-30522, 22-30523, 22-30524, 22-30525, 22-30528, 22-30529, 22-30532, 22-30535, 22-30536, 22-30542, 22-30592, 22-30593, 22-30596, 22-30599, 22-30604.

85 F.4th 266 (2023)

Corey Darnell STREET, et al., 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 October 20, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy John Falcon , Attorney, Falcon Law Firm, Marrero, LA, Paul Allen Dominick , Maynard Nexsen, P.C., Charleston, SC, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

George W. Hicks, Jr. , Aaron Lloyd Nielson , Kirkland & Ellis, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Russell Keith Jarrett, Esq. , Attorney, Robert Beattie McNeal, Esq. , Devin Chase Reid, Esq. , Charles B. Wilmore , Liskow & Lewis, A.P.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Adrianne Katrine Jakola, Esq. , Trial Attorney, Kirkland & Ellis, L.L.P., Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees BP Exploration & Production, Incorporated, BP America Production Company, BP, P.L.C.

Paul Charest Thibodeaux , Kerry J. Miller , 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 Richman, Chief Judge, and Southwick, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.


These consolidated cases continue this court's saga of Deepwater Horizon. These plaintiffs argue the district court judge abused his discretion by failing to disqualify himself at their request. We conclude that any error was harmless and AFFIRM.

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