Chevron Corp. v. Donziger

ELR Citation: 46 ELR 20136
No(s). 14-0826(L), -0832(C) (2d Cir. Aug 8, 2016)

The Second Circuit affirmed a district court decision holding that an $8.646 billion judgment granted by an Ecuadorian court for pollution in the Amazon was procured by bribery, coercion, and fraud and enjoining an attorney and two of his Ecuadorian clients from seeking to enforce the judgment in th...