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AES Sparrows Point LNG, LLC v. WIlson

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law
Petition for review of the State of Maryland Department of the Environment's denial of a request for water quality certification, involving a proposed...

In re: Superior Offshore Int'l., Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Oil and Gas Law, Securities Law
In creditors' appeal from the bankruptcy court's confirmation of the debtor's Chapter 11 liquidation plan, the order is affirmed where: 1) 11 U.S.C....

Grand Isle Shipyard Inc. v. Seacor Marine, LLC

Administrative Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law
In an action seeking a declaration that defendant was not obligated to defend plaintiff in a personal injury suit involving an accident at sea,...

Rao v. BP Products N. America, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law
In plaintiff's suit against BP alleging Petroleum Marketing Practices Act (PMPA), RICO, fraud, breach of contract, and extortion claims arising from...

Boston & Maine Corp. v. Massachusetts Bay Transp. Auth.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law, Transportation
In a suit filed by a railroad operator (B&M) seeking to enjoin the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) from making its Chapter 21E...

Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Gill

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Oil and Gas Law
In plaintiffs'-service station dealers statewide-class action suit against Exxon claiming that the cost of individual rebates it had offered to the...

Solana v. GSF Dev. Driller I

Admiralty, Contracts, Oil and Gas Law
In an admiralty action for a percentage of the salvage value of a drilling unit, summary judgment for defendant is reversed where the record did not...

Memphis Biofuels, LLC. v. Chicksaw Nation Indus., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Indian Law, Oil and Gas Law
In plaintiff's case against the defendants for repudiating an agreement whereby defendant was to deliver diesel fuel and soybean oil to plaintiff's...

Trans-Western Petroleum, Inc. v. US Gypsum Co.

Contracts, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action seeking a declaration that plaintiff held a lease on certain oil-producing land, judgment for plaintiff is affirmed where the production...

People ex rel. Dep't of Transp. v. Acosta

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an eminent domain proceeding, judgment against Caltrans on defendants' goodwill claim and an order awarding litigation expenses to defendants are...