Who can blame the U.S. Supreme Court for wanting no part of Chevron Corp.’s multibillion-dollar slugfest over its predecessor’s operations in the Ecuadorean Amazon?

The high court steered clear of the toxic litigation over toxic sludge in Lago Agrio, refusing Tuesday to grant certiorari to consider a ruling that limited Chevron’s options for fighting the $18 billion judgment by an Ecuadorean court.

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