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St. Paul Surplus Lines Ins. Co. v. Halliburton Energy Servs., Inc.

Admiralty, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Oil and Gas Law
Summary judgment for defendant in a contract case brought by an insurer seeking reimbursement for settlement funds paid in an underlying suit arising...

Brown v. Parker Drilling Offshore Corp.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Oil and Gas Law
A petition for panel rehearing is denied.

Taira Lynn Marine Ltd. Number 5, LLC v. Jays Seafood, Inc.

Admiralty, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law, Remedies
Denial of defendants' motions for partial summary judgment is reversed as to claims under general maritime law, the Oil Pollution Act (OPA), the...

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...

Texaco v. Dagher

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law, Oil and Gas Law
It is not per se illegal under section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. section 1, for a lawful, economically integrated joint venture to set the...

Candlewood Timber Group LLC v. Pan Am. Energy LLC

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, International Law, Oil and Gas Law
Plaintiff's motion for leave to serve an expert report is denied in a case seeking monetary damages for losses plaintiff attributed to various...

Cage v.Wyo-Ben, Inc.

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection, Oil and Gas Law
Summary judgment for creditors in a bankruptcy case involving a trustee's efforts to avoid certain transfers to creditors is vacated in part where the...

Murphy Oil USA, Inc. v. Wood

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Oil and Gas Law
Judgment as a matter of law in favor of plaintiff on breach of contract and breach of fiduciary claims relating to defendant-contractor's construction...

Western States Petroleum Ass'n v. S. Coast Air Quality Mgmt. Dist.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Evidence, Government Law, Health Law, Oil and Gas Law
Denial of a writ of mandate challenging a rule adopted by defendant, an air quality management district, requiring the oil refineries in its...

Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Corp. v. Velan, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Oil and Gas Law, Patent
Preliminary injunction in favor of plaintiff pursuant to a finding that plaintiff had shown a likelihood of success on the merits of its patent...