Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish · ¶33

The Fifth Circuit affirmed. The court agreed with Chevron that it had “acted under” a federal officer because it refined crude oil into avgas as a military contractor. Plaque- mines Parish v. BP America Production Co., 103 F. 4th 324, 334–335 (2024). But, the Fifth Circuit concluded that the suit was not “for or relating to” those acts. It agreed that the complaint, when “read in conjunction with the [expert] report,” targeted crude-oil production activities during the war. Id., at 337. Nonetheless, it concluded that this suit, despite challenging Chevron's crude-oil production, did not relate to the performance of Chevron's avgas refning contract because the contract did not specify how to acquire crude oil. Id., at 340–341.

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