In re Oil Spill by the Oil Rig "Deepwater Horizon"

ELR Citation: ELR 20267
No(s). 10-CV-1156 (E.D. La. Oct 6, 2010)

A district court denied Louisiana's motion to remand to state court its lawsuit against BP for damages stemming from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Louisiana originally filed the complaint in state court, asserting only a cause of action under state law and specifically stating that it "does not p...