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NEW YORK — Judges on a federal appeals court put a lawyer for Chevron Inc. on the defensive Friday, expressing skepticism that a Manhattan judge can shield the company from an $18 billion judgment in Ecuador for contaminating the rainforest.
The Ecuadoran plaintiffs want to stop a civil trial scheduled for November in New York that would determine whether the judgment handed down by an Ecuadoran judge in February was obtained fairly.
