Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Stanford Journal of Complex Litigation
Volume
1
Publication Date
2013
Keywords
Ecuador, Chevron, Texaco, court shopping, indigenous land rights, land usage, judicial sovereignty
Abstract
These opening lines from Chevron's website of "facts about Chevron and Texaco in Ecuador" refer to the latest salvo in a long-running environmental dispute concerning a Texaco subsidiary's Ecuadorian oil-drilling activities. Chevron resisted enforcement in the United States of an Ecuadorian court's $18 billion judgment, and the plaintiffs are seeking to enforce the judgment against Chevron in various courts around the world. Chevron's account suggests that the plaintiffs' lawyers are engaged in improper forum-shopping. The plaintiffs'lawyers, according to Chevron, ought to pursue enforcement of the judgment in the United States.
Recommended Citation
Howard M. Erichson,
The Chevron-Ecuador Dispute, Forum Non Conveniens, and the Problem of Ex Ante Inadequacy, 1 Stan. J. Complex Litig. 417
(2013)
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