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Resolute Natural Resources Co. v. FERC

Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Oil and Gas Law
In a petition for review of certain orders of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) declining to investigate allegedly anticompetitive...

Iberdrola Renewables, Inc. v. FERC

Administrative Law, Contracts, Oil and Gas Law
In a petition for review of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) decision to allow a pipeline to change its rates without first obtaining...

Niagara Mohawk Power Assn. v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc.

Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action to recover costs pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), summary judgment for...

Gintis v. Bouchard Transp. Co., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiffs-property owners' action against the owners and operators of a fuel barge that discharged a substantial amount of oil into a...

Marathon A.G. Holding Ltd. v. CMS Enters. Co.

Contracts, Government Law, International Law, International Trade, Oil and Gas Law, Securities Law, Tax Law
In an action for breach of contract based on defendant's refusal to indemnify plaintiff for its payments to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea in...

PNGTS Shipper's Group v. FERC

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Oil and Gas Law
In a petition for review of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's order certifying petitioner-shipper's capacity, the petition is dismissed for...

American Gas Ass'n. v. FERC

Administrative Law, Oil and Gas Law
In a petition for review of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's revisions to its financial forms and reporting rules for interstate natural gas...

US Commodity Futures Trading Comm. v. Dizona

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Oil and Gas Law, Securities Law
In an action by the Commodity Futures Trading Corporation claiming that defendant-trader attempted to manipulate the market price of natural gas in...

Kiobel v. Millson

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Oil and Gas Law, Sanctions
In an appeal from an order pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 11 sanctioning defense counsel for making factual representations that lacked evidentiary...

In re: 15375 Memorial Corp.

Administrative Law, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Oil and Gas Law
In Chapter 11 proceedings filed by two companies involved in oil and gas explorations, district court's order dismissing the bankruptcy petitions for...