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IN RE OIL SPILL BY OIL RIG "DEEPWATER HORIZON"

MDL No. 2179.

910 F.Supp.2d 891 (2012)

In Re: OIL SPILL BY THE OIL RIG "DEEPWATER HORIZON" IN the GULF OF MEXICO, ON APRIL 20, 2010. This document relates to: No. 12-970, Bon Secour Fisheries, Inc., et al. v. BP Exploration & Production Inc., et al. and All Actions.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

December 21, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen J. Herman , Herman Herman Katz & Cotlar LLP, New Orleans, LA, James Parkerson Roy , Domengeaux Wright Roy & Edwards LLC, Lafayette, LA, Joseph F. Rice , Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC, Conrad S.P. "Duke" Williams , Williams Law Group, Houma, LA, Brian H. Barr , Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Echsner & Proctor, PA, Pensacola, FL, Robin L. Greenwald , Weitz & Luxenberg, PC, New York, NY, Jeffrey A. Breit , Breit Drescher Imprevento & Walker, PC, Norfolk, VA, Rhon E. Jones , Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, PC, Montgomery, AL, Elizabeth J. Cabraser , Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, CA, Matthew E. Lundy , Lundy, Lundy, Soileau & South, LLP, Lake Charles, LA, Philip F. Cossich, Jr. , Cossich, Sumich, Parsiola & Taylor, Belle Chasse, LA, Michael C. Palmintier , deGravelles, Palmintier, Holthaus & Fruge, Baton Rouge, LA, Robert T. Cunningham , Cunningham Bounds, LLC, Mobile, AL, Paul M. Sterbcow , Lewis, Kullman, Sterbcow & Abramson, New Orleans, LA, Alphonso Michael "Mike" Espy , Morgan & Morgan, PA, Jackson, MS, Scott Summy , Baron & Budd, PC, Dallas, TX, Calvin C. Fayard, Jr. , Fayard & Honeycutt, Denham Springs, LA, Mikal C. Watts (PSC), Watts Guerra Craft, LLP, San Antonio, TX, Ervin A. Gonzalez , Colson Hicks Eidson, Coral Gables, FL, Class Counsel.

James J. Neath , Mark Holstein , BP America Inc., Houston, TX, Daniel A. Cantor , Andrew T. Karron , Ellen K. Reisman , Matthew J. Douglas , Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, DC, Jeffrey Lennard , Keith Moskowitz , SNR Denton, Chicago, IL, Richard C. Godfrey PC , J. Andrew Langan PC , Wendy L. Bloom , Andrew B. Bloomer, PC , Timothy A. Duffy, PC , R. Chris Heck , Christopher J. Esbrook , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL, Jeffrey Bossert Clark , Steven A. Myers , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, Don K. Haycraft , R. Keith Jarrett , Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, LA, Robert C. "Mike" Brock , Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC, for BP.

ORDER AND REASONS

[Granting Final Approval of the Economic and Property Damages Settlement Agreement]

CARL BARBIER, District Judge.

I. Factual and Procedural History

On April 20, 2010, a blowout, explosion, and fire occurred aboard the Deepwater Horizon, a semi-submersible offshore drilling rig, as it was engaged in drilling activities on the "Macondo Well" on the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Louisiana. These...

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