The Equatorian Judgment Was Invalid Because It Was Obtained Through Fraud

Stephanie Coontz: This case goes back to 19 93, when a class action suit was filed in new york against texico over contamination of land in ecuador. In two thousand 11, the equatorian court ruled against chevron, ordering it to pay 18 billion dollars,. an award that was later reduced to nine point five billion. That same year, chevron filed a rico suit, a racketeer influenced corrupt organization suit against stephen in new York. And basically what happened since then was a sort of snowballing of decisions made by, first leuis caplin, right, that found against stephen wright.