Thursday, 29. May 2014
Topic: Green - on May 29, 2014 at 6:22:00 PM CEST
BP asks Justice Antonin Scalia for right to avoid making payments for 2010 Gulf spill
BP Plc on Wednesday asked Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to allow the company to avoid making payments to businesses demanding compensation for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill while litigation continues.
The company acted after the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals lifted an injunction earlier in the day that had prevented payments being made. Last week, the court had decided not to revisit a decision rejecting BP’s bid to block payments to businesses that could not trace their economic losses to the disaster.
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