Shell Oil Co. v. United States

ELR Citation: 45 ELR 20211
No(s). 06-141 (Fed. Cl. Oct 30, 2015)

The Federal Claims Court held that the U.S. government may not engage in discovery about oil companies' insurance policies in an underlying case concerning cleanup costs stemming from the production of high-octane aviation gas (avgas) during World War II. The Federal Circuit previously held that the...