(The Center Square) -Chevron asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to move a Plaquemines Parish coastal damage case into federal court, a step the company says would erase a $744.6 million state jury verdict against it. “The unmistakable message from the Supreme Court in the Chevron case is that these cases belong in federal court,” Clement told the judges. The state also says Chevron gave up its right to demand a federal trial by participating fully in the state case. “Only now—after Appellants experimented in the state court and did not like the results—have they decided to try to escape state court again,” Louisiana’s brief said. He said the company should not have been required to stop defending itself in state court while that dispute remained unresolved.