Louisiana: Companies’ Crude Oil Conduct Not Tied To Federal Refining Contracts

( November 18, 2025, 9:14 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oil companies’ drilling for crude oil in Louisiana falls outside World War II-era oil refining authorized by the federal government and therefore does not create federal jurisdiction under the amended federal officer removal statute, the state and various local governments told the U.S. Supreme Court in a pair of respondent’s briefs in a case with close ties to asbestos litigation....

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