Dow Jones – Judge Is Removed From Chevron’s Ecuador Pollution Lawsuit
Date: Oct 1, 2010
More on the removal of the judge in the Chevron Ecuador trial:
The judge overseeing a multibillion-dollar pollution lawsuit against Chevron Corp. (CVX) in Ecuador has been removed from the case following a request by the company, according to court documents.
In an order issued Thursday, the president of Ecuador’s Lago Agrio court, Nicolas Zambrano, asked Judge Leonardo Ordonez to stop overseeing the case.
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