• Linkedin
  • Twitter
  • Rss

Oil, Gas & Energy Law

Skip navigation

Oil, Gas & Energy Law

Global Energy Law & Regulation Portal

Join OGELFORUM

Oil, Gas & Energy Law

Global Energy Law & Regulation Portal

  • Sign in
  • Subscribe
  • Home
  • Sign in
  • About About
    1. Home
    2. About
    3. About OGEL
    4. About OGEL
    5. Founding Editor T.W. Wälde
    6. T.W. Wälde
    7. Editorial team
    8. Editorial team
    9. Contributing Authors
    10. Contributing Authors
    11. Subscriptions
    12. Subscriptions
  • Journal Journal
    1. Home
    2. Journal
    3. Browse Issues
    4. Browse
    5. Articles by Category
    6. By Category
    7. Articles by Author
    8. By Author
    9. Advance publication
    10. Advance publication
    11. Specials
    12. Specials
    13. Search
    14. Search
    15. Book reviews
    16. Reviews
  • Legal & Regulatory docs. L & R docs
    1. Home
    2. Legal & Regulatory docs.
    3. L&R by Country
    4. L&R by Country
    5. L&R by Category
    6. L&R by Category
    7. L&R recent additions
    8. L&R recent additions
    9. Search
    10. Search
  • OGELFORUM OGELFORUM
    1. Home
    2. OGELFORUM
    3. About OGELFORUM
    4. About OGELFORUM
    5. Browse archive
    6. Browse by date / topic
    7. Search
    8. Search
    9. Join
    10. Join
  • News & Events Events
    1. Home
    2. News & Events
    3. News
    4. News
    5. Events
    6. Events
  • OGEL Studies OGEL Studies
    1. Home
    2. OGEL Studies
    3. About OGEL Studies
    4. About OGEL Studies
  • Subscribe
Home > Legal & Regulatory docs.

Chevron v Steven Donziger - United States District Court Southern District of New York Case No 11-Civ-0691-LAK - Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law - 26 July 2021

  • Sign in to download document
Country
  • Ecuador
  • United States
Year

2021

Summary

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW: The Court does not question the sincerity of Mr. Donziger's espousal of his clients' cause. Nor does it quarrel with the sincerity of his belief that he has been treated unfairly by Chevron. But "a lawyer, of all people, should know that in the face of a perceived injustice, one may not take the law into his own hands." By repeatedly and willfully defying Judge Kaplan's orders, that is precisely what Mr. Donziger did. It's time to pay the piper. Because the Special Prosecutors have proven each element of criminal contempt of a court order beyond a reasonable doubt, the Court finds and renders a verdict of GUILTY on each of the six counts of criminal contempt charged in the Order to Show Cause. In addition, Mr. Donziger's two post-trial letter motions seeking dismissal of the criminal contempt charges [dkt. nos. 324 & 330] are DENIED. Contrary to Mr. Donziger's assertion that his convictio n was "pre-ordained," the Court finds him guilty on each count for one reason and one reason only: Mr. Donziger did that with which he is charged. Period. The parties shall confer and indicate their views, by joint letter, regarding: (1) a briefing schedule for any sentencing related submissions; and (2) counsel's availability for sentencing in this matter. That letter shall be filed no later than three business days from the date of this order's entry. In conferring, the parties should keep in mind Mr. Donziger's repeated requests to be released from pre-trial home confinement, although the length of the pre-trial proceedings was prolonged almost exclusively by Mr. Donziger's requests for trial adjournments. This opinion is being issued one week after the conclusion of all post-trial briefing on counsel's agreed-upon schedule. SO ORDERED.

To download this document you need to be a subscriber

Sign in

Forgot password?

Sign in

Subscribe

Fill in the registration form and answer a few simple questions to receive a quote.

Subscribe now

Documents missing? Documents to share? Let us know!

If you know of documents which are currently missing from our Legal & Regulatory database do let us know. You can send them directly to us for inclusion in the database, anonymously or otherwise.
Learn more here

Call for contributions

OGEL Call for Papers: International Energy and Investment Law Implications of the US Inflation Reduction Act

Tade Oyewunmi, Frédéric Sourgens, Scot W. Anderson, and Almira Moronne

  • Tade Oyewunmi
  • Frédéric Sourgens
  • Scot Anderson
  • Almira Moronne

OGEL Call for Papers: Climate Litigation and the Energy Sector

Prof. Kim Talus

  • Kim Talus

OGEL Call for Papers: The Impact of the War in Ukraine on the Energy Sector

Agnieszka Ason, Konstantin Christie, Prof. Kim Talus

  • Agnieszka Ason
  • Konstantin Christie
  • Kim Talus

Call for Papers: OGEL Energy Law Journal 2023

Call for Papers: OGEL Energy Law Journal 2023

OGEL Editorial Team

  • More
  • Contribute

Advance publication

Renewable Energy Disputes: The Geothermal Power Example

13 Nov 2023

D. Bernardo

  • D. Bernardo

The Impact of the War in Ukraine on the Energy Geopolitics and Transition of the Caspian Connection: Future of Alternative Routes

10 Oct 2023

T. Babali

  • T. Babali

Unmasking the Combined Effect of the Decision in COPW v. NNPC and the Climate Change Act: Are the Waters Still Murky for Climate Advocacy in Nigeria?

10 Oct 2023

I.M. Abibo

  • I.M. Abibo
  • More
  • Contribute

Stay connected

Sign up for our email alerts.

  • Issues
  • Advance publication
  • News
  • Linkedin
  • Twitter
  • RSS

Join the debate

Want to join OGELFORUM, our unique platform for oil, gas and energy issues?

Simply fill in the registration form to start your trial membership.

Download the app

  1. App store
  2. Google play

The Oil, Gas & Energy Law Intelligence (OGEL, ISSN 1875-418X) Journal and OGELFORUM listserv focus on recent developments in the area of oil, gas, energy law, regulation, treaties, judicial and arbitral cases, voluntary guidelines, tax and contracting, including the oil, gas, energy geopolitics. Read our Terms & Conditions here, and our Privacy Policy here.

About OGEL

  • Terms & Conditions
  • Contribute
  • Subscriptions
  • Contact
  • Help

Other publications

  • Transnational Dispute Management (TDM)

© 2004 - 2023. Published by MARIS.

  • Home
  • Contribute
  • Subscriptions
  • Contact
  • Help