Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish · ¶6

Chevron removed the suit to federal court under the federal officer removal statute, arguing that the suit “relat[ed] to” its contractual duties to refne crude oil into avgas for the military during the war. The District Court rejected this argument and granted the parish's motion to remand to state court. The Fifth Circuit affirmed, agreeing that Chevron had “acted under” a federal officer as a military contractor but concluding that the suit was not “for or relating to” those acts because Chevron's refning contract did not specify how to acquire crude oil. Judge Oldham dissented, reasoning that crude oil was “indispensable” to avgas, such that its production necessarily related to Chevron's performance of its federal avgas refning duties. Held: Chevron has plausibly alleged a close relationship between its challenged crude-oil production and the performance of its federal avgas…

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