WWII Crude Oil Operations ‘Relate To’ Aviation Gas Contracts, Supreme Court Says

( April 17, 2026, 1:20 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oil companies’ well drilling activities in Louisiana during World War II sufficiently relate to government contracts involving the production of aviation gasoline and trigger federal jurisdiction under 2011 amendments to the federal officer removal statute, the U.S. Supreme Court said today....