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Bowoto v. Chevron Corp.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law
In an action by protesters injured on defendant's oil platform in Nigeria, judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) the federal Death on the High...

South Coast Air Quality Mgmt. Dist. v. FERC

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
In a petition for review of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) order approving the construction of new facilities to allow for the...

Ecuadorian Plaintiffs v. Chevron Corp.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Environmental Law, International Law, International Trade, Oil and Gas Law
In an action alleging that defendant-Chevron polluted the Ecuadorian Amazon Rainforest over the course of several decades while engaging in oil...

Flying J, Inc. v. Hollen

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law
In plaintiff's facial challenge to Wisconsin's gasoline pricing regulations, district court's grant of plaintiff's motion for summary judgment is...

Wickens v. Shell Oil Co.

Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Attorney's Fees, Government Law
In plaintiffs' suit against Shell Oil under Indiana's Underground Storage Tank Act, claiming that Shell Oil was liable for the contamination on a plot...

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

Commercial Law, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent, Oil and Gas Law
In Transocean's suit for infringement of its patents, related to an improved apparatus for conducting offshore drilling, district court's judgment is...

Rock Energy Coop. v. Village of Rockton

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a non-profit, consumer-owned utility company's suit against a village seeking a declaratory judgment, claiming that the village does not have...

Mid-Continent Cas. Co. v. Bay Rock Operating Co.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Oil and Gas Law
In an action by an insurer seeking a declaration that damages awarded against defendant in an underlying suit arising out of an oil well accident were...

US v. Proj. on Govt. Oversight

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Oil and Gas Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In an action charging a nonprofit and an Interior Department economist under 18 U.S.C. section 209(a), which prohibits giving or receiving any...

Bonn Operating Co. v. Devon Energy Prod. Co.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Oil and Gas Law
In an action for breach of a joint operating agreement regarding an oil field, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) case law was clear...