The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday eliminated what could have been a major roadblock in the multibillion-dollar settlement reached in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill four years ago.
In BP Production & Development v. Lake Eugenie Land & Development, the justices, without comment, declined to review BP PLC’s claims that the settlement violated the Constitution and federal class action rules because it provided damages to parties who were not injured.
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