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Energy Law

Apr. 23, 2010

Chevron Case Comes to a Head

After 17 years of legal battles over Chevron Corp.'s responsibility to clean up oil contamination in Ecuador's rainforest, an Ecuadorean court could soon issue a verdict in the high-stakes case where damages may reach $27 billion.

By Fiona Smith

Daily Journal Staff Writer

After 17 years of legal battles over Chevron Corp.'s responsibility to clean up oil contamination in Ecuador's rainforest, an Ecuadorean court could soon issue a verdict in the high-stakes case where damages may reach $27 billion.

More than 3,000 miles away from Chevron's San Ramon, Calif. headquarters, Judge Leonardo Ordoñez, in the small community of Lago A...

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