5th Circuit Denies CITGO’s Petition For En Banc Review Of $81M Penalty

Mealey's (April 24, 2018, 11:43 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on April 20 denied CITGO Petroleum Corp.’s request for an en banc review of a Feb. 14 ruling in which it found that the company’s objections to the imposition of an $81 million civil penalty under the Clean Water Act (CWA) for a 2006 oil spill lacked merit (United States of America v. CITGO Petroleum Corp., No. 16-30515, 5th Cir.)....

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