Opinion ID: 2671515
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Heading: Court of Federal Claims Litigation

Text: The Court of Federal Claims entered summary judg- ment in favor of the Oil Companies with respect to breach of contract liability and damages, holding the Government was required to reimburse the Oil Companies for 100% of their non-benzol CERCLA costs. Shell Oil Co. v. United States, 93 Fed. Cl. 439, 442 (2010); Shell Oil Co. v. United States, 93 Fed. Cl. 153 (2010). On appeal, this court found the presiding trial judge had a conflict of interest arising from his wife’s stock ownership of Chevron Corp., the parent company of plaintiffs-appellants Texaco and Union Oil. Shell Oil Co. v. United States, 672 F.3d 1283, 1294 (Fed. Cir. 2012). Because the judge’s failure to recuse himself was not harmless error, this court vacated and remanded with instructions that the case be reassigned to