Supreme court sides with oil and gas firms in Louisiana coastal damage fight

8-0 ruling gives companies new day in federal court after firms including Chevron ordered to pay millions for cleanup

The supreme court handed a win Friday to oil and gas companies fighting lawsuits over coastal land loss and environmental degradation in Louisiana.

The 8-0 procedural decision gives the companies a new day in federal court after a state jury ordered Chevron to pay upward of $740m to clean up damage to the state’s coastline, one of multiple similar lawsuits.