Supreme Court denies Chevron $19bn Ecuador appeal

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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-19892561


The US Supreme Court has declined to block a judgement from an Ecuadorean court that a US oil firm pay billions in damages for pollution in the Amazon.

Chevron was fighting a ruling that it must pay $18.2bn (£11.4bn) in damages, a sum increased to $19bn in July.

It is the latest move in a decades-long legal wrangle between Texaco, bought by Chevron in 2001, and the people of the Lago Agrio region of Ecuador.

The decision could affect other oil firms accused of pollution.

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1. I don't understand this?

Why would Chevron think the U.S. Supreme Court could reverse a judgement from a court in a foreign country? Somehow I think that's out of their jurisdiction.