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Siegel v. Shell Oil Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Oil and Gas Law
In plaintiff's motion for class certification, seeking relief under both the Illinois Consumer Fraud (ICFA) and Deceptive Business Practices Act and...

In re: Moose Oil & Gas Co.

Contracts, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action for breach of a Working Interest Unit Agreement and Joint Operating Agreement, the Fifth Circuit certified the following questions to the...

Geo-Energy Partners v. Salazar

Administrative Law, Contracts, Oil and Gas Law
In a challenge to the Bureau of Land Management's decision determining that certain oil and gas leases eliminated from a contracted unit were...

Theodore Roosevelt Conservation P'ship v. Salazar

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
In an action by environmental organizations filed for declaratory and injunctive relief arguing that the Bureau of Land Management's Record of...

ConocoPhillips Co. v. EPA

Oil and Gas Law, Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In consolidated petitions for review of a Final Rule promulgated by the EPA pursuant to section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act (CWA), several parties'...

Rathborne Land Co. v. Ascent Engy., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an action for breach of defendant's obligations to reasonably develop and explore a leased parcel of oil, gas, and mineral land, judgment for...

Hershey v. Engy. Transfer Ptnrs., L.P.

Oil and Gas Law, Securities Law
In a putative class action under the Commodities Exchange Act (CEA), alleging manipulation of natural gas futures and options prices, the dismissal of...

Biodiversity Conservation Alliance v. Bureau of Land Mgmt.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law
In several environmental and citizens' groups challenge to a 2003 Bureau of Land Management resource management plan amendment allowing natural gas...

Bailey v. Shell W. E&P Inc.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action by Shell seeking a declaration regarding the proper calculation method for royalties on carbon dioxide in the McElmo Dome area, summary...

Norfolk S. Ry. Co. v. City of Alexandria

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law, Transportation
In an action for a declaratory judgment against a city, arising from an ordinance to regulate ethanol transloading at plaintiff's facility, judgment...