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Bominflot, Inc. v. The M/V Heinrich S

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Contracts, International Trade, Oil and Gas Law, Transportation
Order dismissing maritime lien claim against defendant vessel is affirmed where, since English law applies to the dispute, plaintiffs cannot enforce a...

Smith v. Aztec Well Servicing Co.

Labor & Employment Law, Oil and Gas Law
A judgment in favor of a natural gas and oil well drilling company in a suit brought by former employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)...

Atlanta Gas Light Co. v. UGI Utils., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Insurance Law, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
Summary judgment in favor of defendants, in case involving attempt to seek contribution for environmental cleanup costs from parent corporations of...

Fordoche, Inc. v. Texaco Inc.

Contracts, Oil and Gas Law
In a case involving the performance of obligations under right of first refusal (ROFR) clauses in joint operating agreements to which defendant-Texaco...

CAZA Drilling (Cal.) Inc. v. TEG Oil & Gas U.S.A., Inc.

Construction, Contracts, Oil and Gas Law
Summary judgment in favor of cross-defendant is affirmed as the contractual provisions -- limitations precluding recovery of compensation for economic...

Steering Comm. v. Exxon Mobil Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law
In a mass tort action, an order denying certification to members of a purported class alleging claims against defendant-oil company arising out of a...

US v. Abrogar

Criminal Law & Procedure, International Law, Oil and Gas Law, Sentencing
A sentence for failing to keep an accurate "oil record book," in violation of a statute which is part of legislation implementing an international...

Conoco, Inc. v. Energy & Envtl. Int'l, L.C.

Intellectual Property, Oil and Gas Law, Patent
In a patent case involving processes for making agents injected into oil and gas pipelines to reduce friction, a district court's judgment is affirmed...

Reg'l Airport Auth. of Louisville & Jefferson County v. LFG, LLC

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Evidence, Oil and Gas Law
Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 creates a bright-line rule mandating disclosure of all documents, including attorney opinion work product, given to testifying...

Willey v. Willey

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Oil and Gas Law
In a loan dispute between plaintiff-stepmother and defendants, her stepson and an oil company of which he was president, defendants' motion for...