Louisiana - Oil & Gas

摘要

Louisiana Coastal Zone Lawsuits Remanded to State Court In Parish of Plaquemines v. Total Petrochemical & Refining USA, Inc., No. 13-6693, 2014 WL 6750649 (E.D. La. Dec. 1, 2014), a federal district court held that it lacked diversity and federal question jurisdiction over the plaintiffs claims against oil and gas companies. Here, the Parish of Plaquemines (Parish) filed suit on its own behalf and purportedly on behalf of the State of Louisiana against 19 oil and gas companies claiming that their oil and gas exploration, production, and transportation operations caused substantial damage to the Parish's land and waterbodies. Id. at *1.