IN RE OIL SPILL BY OIL RIG "DEEPWATER HORIZON"

MDL No. 2179.

841 F.Supp.2d 988 (2012)

In re OIL SPILL BY THE OIL RIG "DEEPWATER HORIZON" IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, ON APRIL 20, 2010. Applies to: 10-2771, 10-4536, and All Cases.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

January 26, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Michael Underhill , U.S. Department of Justice, San Francisco, CA, David Joseph Pfeffer , Jessica Langston McClellan , Jessica G. Sullivan , Judy B. Harvey , Michelle T. Delemarre , Peter F. Frost , Sharon K. Shutler , Stephen G. Flynn , Steven O'Rourke , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Sharon Denise Smith , U.S. Attorney's Office, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff.

Deborah Deroche Kuchler , Janika D. Polk , Robert Edward Guidry , Kuchler Polk Schell Weiner & Richeson, LLC, Edward F. Kohnke, IV , Preis & Roy, PLC, Kerry J. Miller , Frilot L.L.C., Richard Nelson Dicharry , Evans Martin McLeod , Marne Jones , Phelps Dunbar, LLP, New Orleans, LA, David B. Salmons , Ky E. Kirby , Michael B. Wigmore , Randall M. Levine , Sandra Franco , Warren Anthony Fitch , Bingham McCutchen , LLP, Washington, DC, James J. Dragna , Bingham McCutchen , LLP, Christopher McNevin , Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP, Allen M. Katz , Brad Brian , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, John F. Pritchard, Edward Flanders , Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP, New York, NY, Steven Roberts , Kent C. Sullivan , Rachel G. Clingman , Teri L. Donaldson , Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, LLP, Daniel O. Goforth , Goforth Geren Easterling LLP, John M. Elsley , Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, LLP, Houston, TX, Edwin G. Preis, Jr. , Preis & Roy, PLC, Lafayette, LA, Kyle S. Moran , Phelps Dunbar , LLP, Gulfport, MS, for Defendants.

Don Keller Haycraft , Russell Keith Jarrett , Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, LA, Brian D. Israel , Arnold & Porter, LLP, Jeffrey Bossert Clark , Robert R. Gasaway , Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Joel M. Gross , Arnold & Porter, LLP, Robert C. Mike Brock , Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC, J. Andrew Langan , Richard C. Godfrey , Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Third Party Plaintiff.

David J. Beck , David W. Jones , Geoffrey Gannaway , Joe W. Redden, Jr. , Beck, Redden & Secrest, LLP, Jerry C. Von Sternberg , Misty Hataway-Cone , Robert Alan York , Godwin Ronquillo PC, Houston, TX, Carmelite M. Bertaut , Jared A. Davidson , Keith B. Hall , Phillip A. Wittmann , Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann, LLC, New Orleans, LA, Donald E. Godwin , Bruce W. Bowman , Floyd R. Hartley, Jr. , Gavin E. Hill , Jenny L. Martinez , Godwin Ronquillo PC, Dallas, TX, for Third Party Defendant.

Douglas Conrad Longman, Jr. , Gary Jude Russo , Jones Walker , Michael Gerard Lemoine , Longman Russo , APLC, Lafayette, LA, Glenn Gill Goodier , Lance Michael Sannino , Richard D. Bertram , Jones Walker , New Orleans, LA, for Cross Claimant.

Hugh E. Tanner , Denise U. Scofield , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Houston, TX, Derek E. Leon , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Miami, FL, Philip D. Nizialek , M. Hampton Carver , Carver, Darden, Koretzky, Tessier, Finn, Blossman & Areaux, New Orleans, LA, Jack McKay , Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP, Washington, DC, for Cross Defendant.

Eric E. Huber , Eric E. Huber , Attorney at Law, Boulder, CO, Devorah Ancel , Sierra Club , San Francisco, CA, for Movant.


ORDER AND REASONS

[As to Transocean and BP's Cross-Motions for Partial Summary Judgment Regarding Indemnity]

BARBIER, District Judge.

Before the Court are Transocean's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (Rec. Doc. 4477) and BP's1 Cross-Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (Rec. Doc. 4827) as to whether BP must defend and indemnify Transocean for pollution claims asserted by third parties.2<...

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