Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish · ¶9

(b) Chevron's suit “relat[es] to” the performance of federal duties because Chevron has plausibly alleged a close relationship between its challenged conduct and the performance of its federal duties. This suit implicates Chevron's wartime efforts to produce and supply avgas' essential feedstock, so it is closely connected to Chevron's wartime avgas refning for the military. Much of the crude oil that Chevron produced in Plaquemines Parish was ultimately used for its own avgas refning, and the suit challenges Chevron's actions that allowed it to increase its production of crude oil during wartime. The parish's report alleged that Chevron's use of the coastal zone had been illegally commenced because of its reliance on vertical-drilling methods, canals, and earthen pits—but using vertical-drilling methods maximized crude-oil production; using canals saved time and materials resulting in…

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