A federal appeals court has struck down BP’s effort at gaining access to confidential information about pending claims to its $9.9 billion oil spill settlement in its ongoing attempt to root out fraud.
In a 2-1 opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Thursday found it did not have jurisdiction to hear BP’s appeal and, as a result, declined to rule on the merits. The panel reached its conclusion despite having rendered decisions in three previous appeals that challenged other aspects of the same settlement.
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