all - Opinion Summaries

Shell Offshore, Inc. v. Greenpeace, Inc.

Admiralty, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law
Preliminary injunction prohibiting defendant from coming within a specified distance of vessels involved in plaintiff's Arctic Outer Continental Shelf...

Jimico Enterprises, Inc. v. Lehigh Gas Corporation

Attorney's Fees, Commercial Law, Contracts, Oil and Gas Law
Summary judgment for plaintiffs is affirmed, where: 1) the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act provides a right of action to full and trial franchisees...

Resisting Envtl. Destruction on Indigenous Lands v. U.S. Envtl. Prot. Agency

Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law
An environmental group's petition for review of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision granting two air permits authorizing exploratory...

Nitro-Lift Tech, LLC v. Howard

Constitutional Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law, Oil and Gas Law
In plaintiff's suit against its former employees alleging that defendants had breached their noncompetitive agreements, the judgment of the Oklahoma...

Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc. v. Maersk Drilling USA, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Oil and Gas Law
In a suit for infringement of patents directed to an improved apparatus for conducting offshore drilling, district court's grant of judgment as a...

Fullington v. Equilon Enterprises, LLC

Contracts, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a Shell gas station lessee's suit against the lessor for fraud and violation of Business and Professions Code section 21148, trial court's grant of...

Ctr. of Biological Diversity v. U.S. Bureau of Land Mgm't.

Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit challenging the decision by the Bureau of Land Management to authorize the Ruby Pipeline Project which involves the construction, operation,...

Cent. Pines Land Co., LLC. v. US

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiffs' takings suit against the United States, alleging that they were the owners of all oil, gas, and other minerals underlying property...

Bangor Gas Co., LLC v. H.Q. Energy Services, Inc.

Oil and Gas Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a dispute between a pipeline owner and a natural gas supplier, over a contract involving the transportation of natural gas, district court's order...

Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities, Remedies
In an action against multiple oil, energy, and utility companies, alleging that massive greenhouse gas emissions emitted by the defendants have...