UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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In re:
Application of CHEVRON
This Document Applies to: ALL CASES
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10 MC 00001 (LAK)
CHEVRON CORPORATION’S MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF
MOTION FOR A PRESERVATION ORDER,
AND TO SUPPLEMENT AND ENFORCE THE SUBPOENAS
GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
200 Park Avenue, 47th Floor
New York, New York 10166-0193
Telephone: 212.351.4000
Facsimile: 212.351.4035
Attorneys for Applicant Chevron Corporation
Case 1:10-mc-00001-LAK Document 3 Filed 08/03/10 Page 1 of 39
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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I. INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................... 1
II. FACTUAL BACKGROUND ................................................................................................... 5
A.
The Crude Outtakes Show That Plaintiffs’ Counsel and Consultants Planned and
Created the Supposedly Independent $27.4 Billion “Global Expert Assessment” 5
1.
On March 3, 2007, Plaintiffs’ Counsel and Consultants Met With
“Special Master” Cabrera to Plan His “Global Assessment,” Two
Weeks Before Cabrera Was Appointed by the Court ................................ 6
2.
On March 4, 2007, Plaintiffs’ Counsel and Consultants Admitted
That They Had No Actual Evidence of Groundwater
Contamination and Planned to Submit Fraudulent Evidence .................. 11
B.
Plaintiffs’ Counsel, Consultants, and Associates Have Made Repeated
Misrepresentations About the Fraudulent “Global Expert Assessment” and Their
Roles in Planning, Creating and Exploiting It ..................................................... 13
1.
Misrepresentations Before the Lago Agrio Court.................................... 13
2.
Misrepresentations Before United States Courts .................................