Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish · ¶79

Chevron used much of the crude oil it pumped from its Louisiana oil fields to refne into avgas during the war. This was no accident. The crude oil from Chevron's Louisiana fields was particularly well-suited for refning into avgas, and the Federal Government pushed its refners, including Chevron, to produce more and more avgas. Ante, at 13. This in turn demanded an ever-increasing supply of crude oil. Ibid. Chevron therefore produced crude oil, at least in part, to meet the demands of its federal contracts—satisfying the causal-nexus requirement.

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