Center for Biological Diversity, Inc. v. BP America Production Co.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 2013-01-09

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KING, Circuit Judge: This appeal arises from the multi-dis-trict litigation spawned from the disaster on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and the resulting massive oil spill that occurred at the Macondo well site in the Gulf of Mexico. Plaintiff Center for Biological Diversity appeals from the district court’s dismissal of its action brought under the citizen-suit provisions of the Clean Water Act (“CWA”), <span c…

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