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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 07, 2019
NEW ORLEANS, LA (November 07, 2019) — Melissa Landry, a spokesperson for several major Louisiana oil and natural gas companies targeted in coastal land loss lawsuits, issued the following statement in response to new court developments:
"We applaud the U.S. Fifth Circuit’s recent decision to stay judicial proceedings in state court for now so that the federal judiciary can come to a single resolution on the fundamental question of where these cases should be decided,” said Landry speaking on behalf of BP America, Chevron and Shell.
“We firmly believe this litigation involves important issues of national concern that should be decided in federal court. At the end of the day, these trial-lawyer invented lawsuits amount to a full-scale attack on the entire federal regulatory framework through which oil and gas operations have been conducted for decades. We are confident these misguided claims will not stand up in court.”
