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Karr v. Hefner

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In a case brought by owners of land and water resources in certain Oklahoma counties alleging violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA), dismissal of...

Af-Cap Inc. v. Chevron Overseas (Congo) Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Debt Collection, Government Law, International Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case involving a garnishment action against the Republic of Congo's property in execution of a judgment for a defaulted loan made to it by...

Ibeto Petrochemical Indus., Ltd. v. M/T Beffen

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Environmental Law, Insurance Law, International Law, Oil and Gas Law
Order granting defendants' motions to compel arbitration, to stay action, and to enjoin an action between the same parties pending in Nigeria, is...

Colonial Pipeline Co. v. Morgan

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law, Tax Law
In an Equal Protection, Commerce Clause, and Supremacy Clause constitutional challenge to Tennessee's statutory scheme for classifying real and...

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co. v. FERC

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Oil and Gas Law
Petition for review of three of respondent's orders is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction as the agency action about which petitioner complained was...

In re: The Exxon Valdez

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Remedies
An award of $4.5 billion in punitive damages imposed in litigation arising as a result of the 1989 grounding of the oil tanker Exxon Valdez and the...

Williams Gas Processing-Gulf Coast Co. v. FERC

Administrative Law, Oil and Gas Law
Orders asserting jurisdiction over a natural gas pipeline off the coast of Louisiana are vacated where respondent commission neither explained its...

BP Am. Prod. Co. v. Burton

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Contracts, Oil and Gas Law
The 6-year statute of limitations for government contract actions, as provided in 28 U.S.C. section 2415(a), applies only to court actions, not to the...

Long Trusts v. Griffin

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Oil and Gas Law
In a suit between parties over various disagreements that had arisen among them concerning their joint participation in oil and gas ventures, a court...

Bulanek v. WesTTex 66 Pipeline Co.

Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A petition for review of a court of appeals' reversal of a condemnation award pursuant to Exxon Pipeline Co. v. Zwahr, 88 S.W.3d 623, 630-31 (Tex....