US Supreme Court refuses to hear Chevron’s pleas against US$19 billion fine

Globe and Mail: Chevron Corp. has lost a bid to have the U.S. Supreme Court consider its call for a worldwide ban on attempts to collect on a controversial $19-billion (U.S.) environmental judgment levelled against the company in Ecuador. The decision comes with lawyers in Canada poised to battle in a Toronto courtroom next month over an attempt by the Ecuadorean plaintiffs to seize Chevron's considerable Canadian assets to cover at least part of the massive judgment - a judgment the oil giant dismisses as fraudulent.......

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