Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish · ¶1

The federal officer removal statute, 28 U. S. C. § 1442(a)(1), authorizes removal of state-court suits against federal officers or persons “acting under” them “for or relating to any act under color of such office.” This case concerns whether, for purposes of the statute, a state-court environmental suit challenging Chevron's crude-oil production during the Second World War is “for or relating to” Chevron's wartime refning of crude oil into aviation gasoline for the U. S. military. In 1978, Louisiana enacted the State and Local Coastal Resources Management Act, which prohibited certain uses of Louisiana's coastal zone, including oil production, without a permit. The Act exempted uses legally commenced before 1980. In 2013, Plaquemines Parish and other parishes fled 42 state-court suits against oil and gas companies under the Act. They alleged that the companies lacked permits and that…

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