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Chevron petitions Supreme Court to move lawsuits to federal court

(The Center Square) — Chevron and other oil companies say parish lawsuits over World War II-era oil work belong in federal not state court because the companies were assisting the war effort, and Congress lets such cases be heard in federal court.

Chevron and several copetitioners filed a fresh opening brief at the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, saying a wave of coastal-erosion lawsuits brought by…

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