US judge rejects Chevron subpoena of advocacy group in Ecuador case
Reuters | April 3, 2013
By Braden Reddall SAN FRANCISCO, April 3 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has rejected efforts by Chevron Corp to secure documents from a California environmental advocacy group in a fraud case related to a $19 billion award for rainforest pollution in Ecuador. Magistrate Judge Nathanael Cousins on Wednesday quashed Chevron's subpoena for a deposition and documents from Amazon Watch, which the group's own lawyer described as the U.S. oil company's..