Chevron Corp. is entitled to equitable relief barring the attorneys for Ecuadoran plaintiffs from profiting from or enforcing within the United States a $9.5 billion judgment obtained by fraud in Ecuador, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled March 4 in a long-running case stemming from contamination of the Amazon rainforest (Chevron Corp. v. Donziger, S.D.N.Y., No. 11-CV-0691).
The ruling enjoins attorneys Stephen Donziger, Hugo Camacho Naranjo and Javier Piaguaje Payaguaje from enforcing the action in the U.S., and creates a constructive trust for the benefit of Chevron on all property traceable to ...