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Sonat Exploration Co. v. Cudd Pressure Control, Inc.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Oil and Gas Law
In an indemnity suit arising from an oil-well explosion, summary judgment for plaintiff is reversed where: 1) the parties' contract did not specify...

Wagner & Brown, Ltd. v. Sheppard

Contracts, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit over both proceeds and costs surrounding the formation and subsequent termination of a gas lease, summary judgment for lessor is reversed...

Consumer Advocacy Group, Inc. v. Exxonmobil Corp.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law, Water Law
In a private enforcement action under Proposition 65, the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (the Act), grant of summary judgment...

Alaska Wilderness League v. Kempthorne

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Indian Law, Oil and Gas Law
Upon a petition for review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) of the Minerals...

McDonald v. Sun Oil Co.

Contracts, Environmental Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit arising out of the sale of a property containing a disused mercury mine, alleging negligence, contribution, breach of contract and fraud as...

Omega Protein, Inc. v. Samson Contour Energy E & P LLC

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Transportation
In a marine limitation-of-liability case arising out of a collision between a fishing vessel and an oil platform, apportionment of fault equally...

Chihuahuan Grasslands Alliance

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an environmental suit involving the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) sale of oil and gas mineral leases on public lands in a grasslands area...

In Re: Mystic Tank Lines Corp.

Bankruptcy Law, Government Law, Judgement Enforcement, Oil and Gas Law, Transportation
In a bankruptcy case, allowance of a state government's claim against debtor for damages for cleanup of contamination at a gas station is affirmed...

Kerlin v. Sauceda

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit alleging that defendant defrauded plaintiffs of oil and gas royalties and other interests in Padre Island, judgments for plaintiffs are...

Andrews v. Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.

Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a diversity case against defendant-corporation Columbia Gas, judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed over claims of error that: 1) the...