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Plaquemines Parish v. Chevron USA — 5th Cir. (Aug 5, 2026)

No. 23-30336 Argued August 5, 2026 Published August 11, 2026; updated August 21, 2026

The Fifth Circuit hears Plaquemines Parish versus Chevron USA. Plaquemines Parish and Louisiana sued oil companies under Louisiana's coastal-resources law over historic oil operations in coastal wetlands. A federal district court sent this case back to state court, where a jury later returned a roughly seven hundred forty-five million dollar verdict against Chevron. While this appeal was pending, the Supreme Court held in a related case that Chevron's wartime oil production was sufficiently connected to its federal contract to refine aviation gasoline, but expressly left unresolved whether this related case belongs in federal court. Paul Clement of Clement & Murphy represents the oil-company appellants and will ask the court to vacate the remand and restore federal jurisdiction. Louisiana Solicitor General Benjamin Aguiñaga represents the appellees and will ask the court to return the unresolved issues to the district court while preserving the intervening state proceedings.

Plaquemines Parish v. Chevron USA (No. 23-30336) — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, argued August 5, 2026.

Sources
Argument audio — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (public domain, 17 U.S.C. § 105):https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/23/23-30336_08-05-2026.mp3
Argument listing — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit:https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/oral-argument-recordings/results?from=2026-08-05&to=2026-08-12
Argument calendar — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit:https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/court-calendars/sitting?d=2026-08-05
Opinion index — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit:https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions?docket=23-30336
Related-case opinion — U.S. Supreme Court:https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-813_3e04.pdf
Brief for Chevron and other petitioners — U.S. Supreme Court:https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/24-813/373666/20250904122406188_24-813_Brief%20for%20Petitioners.pdf
Brief for Louisiana — Louisiana Department of Justice:https://ag.louisiana.gov/Files/Article/408/Documents/20251113163904899_24-813_Brief.pdf
Related-case assignment order — U.S. District Court, E.D. Louisiana:https://www.laed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/general-orders/Assignment%20of%20cases%20re%20Chevron%20v%20Plaquemines%20Parish.signed.pdf
State-court verdict report — Associated Press:https://apnews.com/article/e02e2bdd56095e79c4d2bce60bf957c9
Paul Clement — Clement & Murphy:https://www.clementmurphy.com/who-we-are/paul-clement/
Benjamin Aguiñaga — Louisiana Solicitor General's Office:https://ag.louisiana.gov/Division/Federalism

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