Since entering the New York court room of federal district court judge Lewis Kaplan, Chevron Corporation had mostly controlled the narrative of its epic Amazon oil spill saga. But it was a different story when the case landed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
In late September the appeals court issued a brief order staying Kaplan’s injunction that prevented a group of Ecuadorian plaintiffs from enforcing an $18 billion Ecuadorian judgment against Chevron ["Forum Shopper's Remorse," April 2010]. The ruling—issued on the first business day after oral arguments—was a major rebuke to Kaplan and his handling of the controversial case.
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