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Smith v. Seacor Marine LLC

Admiralty, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law
In an action seeking contractual indemnity for sums a third-party defendant may owe to plaintiff, who was injured in an oilfield accident which...

Exxon Mobil Corp. v. FERC

Administrative Law, Oil and Gas Law
In case where petitioners are developing a proposal to build a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope of Alaska to the contiguous U.S., petitions...

Interstate Natural Gas Ass'n of Am. v. FERC

Administrative Law, Oil and Gas Law
Petition for review of accounting order instructing natural gas pipeline companies to expense certain costs associated with the Pipeline Safety...

Kelsoe v. Cal. State Water Res. Control Bd.

Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law, Water Law
Denial of petition for writ of mandate challenging defendant's decision declaring plaintiff ineligible for a state-sanctioned fund for reimbursement...

Starrh & Starrh Cotton Growers v. Aera Energy LLC

Attorney's Fees, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In dispute arising out of alleged subsurface trespass resulting from the migration of waste water produced from oil production activities on land...

Sherman v. Sec. & Exch. Comm'n

Administrative Law, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Debt Collection, Oil and Gas Law, Securities Law
A decision reversing a bankruptcy court's denial of a motion brought by the SEC to dismiss debtors' bankruptcy petition is reversed where, although...

California Minerals v. County of Kern

Government Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In case involving the valuation of oil and gas mineral property interests for the purpose of determining ad valorem taxes, judgment for...

Quigley v. Bennett

Contracts, Evidence, Oil and Gas Law, Remedies
Evidence of the value of a royalty interest in minerals cannot be considered in determining compensation for geologic services when the services were...

The Kankakee County Bd. of Review v. The Prop. Tax Appeal Bd.

Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
The matter of an appeal to the Property Tax Appeal Board claiming an inappropriate valuation of land for tax purposes, a ruling that the land...

Canadian Ass'n of Petroleum Producers v. FERC

Civil Procedure, Oil and Gas Law
Challenge to Policy Statement on Income Tax Allowances is dismissed as moot as the merits arguments were resolved in the related case of ExxonMobil v....