Companies / United States

Court Drops Shell Beaufort Sea Case

July 2009 | Legal News

A court case against Anglo-Dutch major Royal Dutch Shell's drilling plans in the Beaufort Sea has been dismissed by the ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

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