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Judge Who Issued $18.2 Billion Ruling Against Chevron Removed From Bench

SAN RAMON, Calif., March 8, 2012 – Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) today renewed itsrequest厄瓜多尔当局调查欺诈污染污染的压倒性证据，污染了联邦媒体和厄瓜多尔之后的拉各国阿格里奥诉讼El Universo报纸透露，尼古拉斯Zambrano是根据他在厄瓜多尔的新兴故事的新兴故事中发出了182亿美元判决的法官。

The media outlets reported that the Judicial Council, the body that governs the Ecuadorian judiciary, has determined that Judge Zambrano, and Judge Leonardo Ordóñez, who previously presided over the Lago Agrio lawsuit, should be dismissed from their positions on the Court of Justice of Sucumbíos in Lago Agrio following an investigation into allegations of lenient treatment of drug dealers in cases before them. The investigation and subsequent dismissals followed a complaint filed by Ecuador's Organized Crime Prevention Unit.

“雪佛龙已经通过原告的律师自己的文件和电影宣布，Zambrano统治对雪佛龙的裁决是由原告的律师为幽灵。有证据表明原告的代表通过秘密银行向至少一个法院官员支付贿赂账户。现在看来Sucumbíos法院甚至更广泛的腐败困扰着，“雪佛龙副总裁兼总法律顾问说。“希望现在这些评委从他们的权力职位中删除，其他法官将出现在法庭上发生的不法行为的证据。”

Through court-ordered discovery, Chevron has obtained evidence that the Lago Agrio plaintiffs' lawyers and consultants, at a minimum, provided clandestine assistance to the Lago Agrio court in drafting the judgment against Chevron. Much of thejudgmenttracks the plaintiffs' lawyers' own internal, unfiled documents word-for-word, citing figures from the plaintiffs' lawyers' internal database that did not form part of the record, as well as copying errors and idiosyncratic reference citations.

The ghostwriting of judgments in Ecuador is not unique to the Lago Agrio case. As has been widely reported, theEl Universonewspaper suffered similar treatment in an equally-politicized trial featuring evidence that the ultimate judgment was written by lawyers working for the plaintiff, in this instance President Rafael Correa. The handling of theEl Universo案件是，在wordsof theWashington Post, "alas, worthy of a banana republic. After four changes of judge, a 'temporary' magistrate took over the case, held one hearing, and—33 hours after his appointment—issued the 156-page ruling. A subsequent independent investigation determined that he did not write it, and that the author was probably Mr. Correa's attorney."

Other independent organizations have noted the steep decline in the capability of the Ecuadorian judiciary to administer impartial justice. Since Correa's election, the U.S. State Department hasreported论“司法机构对贿赂的易感性和解决法律案件的决定以及法官向外部律师法官，他撰写司法判决，并将其送回主角签名。”其他组织已达到类似的结论，发现厄瓜多尔排名在所有国家的底部附近“法治”和类似措施。

Chevron is one of the world's leading integrated energy companies, with subsidiaries that conduct business worldwide. The company is involved in virtually every facet of the energy industry. Chevron explores for, produces and transports crude oil and natural gas; refines, markets and distributes transportation fuels and lubricants; manufactures and sells petrochemical products; generates power and produces geothermal energy; provides energy efficiency solutions; and develops the energy resources of the future, including biofuels. Chevron is based in San Ramon, Calif. More information about Chevron is available at m.hnqygl.com.

Published: March 2012