Smith akanga ari mumwe wevatongi vatatu vaiva mudare rakateerera kukwirira kwenyaya yainzi "Hornbeck Offshore Services LLC v. Salazar", nyaya yaipikisa mutemo weU.S. Department of the Interior wokurambidza kucherwa kwemafuta mumvura yakadzika kwemwedzi mitanhatu wakanga wadzikwa pashure pokuputika kweDeepwater Horizon uye kudonha kwemafuta kwakazotevera
. Dare repasi rakanga raparadza kurambidzwa kweDhipatimendi reMukati sechiito chehurumende chisingadzorwi uye chisingadzorwi, uye dare reChishanu reChirungu rakaramba chikumbiro chehurumende chokukurumidzira chokumisa chisarudzo chedare repasi kusvikira kukwirira kwaitwa.