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GARCIA v. KOCH OIL CO.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Oil and Gas Law
Defendants have not met their burden of proving that case satisfies the amount-in-controversy requirement of 28 U.S.C. section 1332.

FERGUSON BEAUREGARD v. MEGA SYS., LLC

Intellectual Property, Oil and Gas Law, Patent
In a patent infringement case concerning systems for petroleum production, the district court's evidentiary rulings are affirmed as there is no record...

CALLON PETROLEUM CO. v. FRONTIER INS. CO.

Insurance Law, Oil and Gas Law
Defendant's appeal to have adverse summary judgment vacated under Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)is affirmed as defendant offers no plausible excuse for...

US GYPSUM CO. v. INDIANA GAS CO., INC.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
In an antitrust case arising under sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. sections 1, 2, this case is remanded to determine wheteher or not...

CLEERE DRILLING CO. v. DOMINION EXPLORATION & PROD., INC.

Oil and Gas Law
In an action arising from the blowout and resulting total loss of an oil well, the district court's bench trial judgment, which rejected plaintiff's...

GARCIA v. KOCH OIL CO. OF TEXAS INC.

Oil and Gas Law, Remedies
In a suit seeking an equitable accounting, the proper way to measure the amount in controversy, required for federal diversity jurisdiction, under 28...

TOM-LIN ENTER. v. SUNOCO, INC.

Commercial Law, Oil and Gas Law
In an action alleging a violation of defendant's open price term obligations, summary judgment to defendant is affirmed where plaintiffs have failed...

S. UNION CO. v. CITY OF EDINBURG

Contracts, Government Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
In an action arising out of a dispute over a franchise agreement, gas purchased by consumers within the city from companies affiliated with defendants...

EXXON MOBIL CORP. v. NORTON

Oil and Gas Law
The district court's judgment affirming the Interior Board of Land Appeals decision invalidating plaintiff's thirty-two unpatented oil shale mining...

THE WILLIAMS COS. v. FERC

Administrative Law, Oil and Gas Law
The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act did not give FERC the authority it claimed to establish a general open access regime on the Outer Continental...