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Mar. 28, 2019

Oil producers hope to revive their suit over drilling settlement

Oil producers who petitioned the California Supreme Court Wednesday to overturn an anti-SLAPP case on due process grounds said they were illegally shut out of a settlement between the city of Los Angeles and environmental nonprofits over drilling in low-income areas.

Oil producers hope to revive their suit over drilling settlement
Theodore J. Boutrous Jr. of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Oil producers who petitioned the California Supreme Court on Wednesday to overturn an anti-SLAPP case on due process grounds said they were illegally shut out of a settlement between the city of Los Angeles and environmental nonprofits over drilling in low-income areas, even though a judge allowed them to be intervenors.

The California Independent Petroleum Association, which comprises about 500 crude oil and natural gas producers in...

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