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N. BORDER PIPELINE CO. v. 64.111 ACRES OF LAND IN WILL COUNTY

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action for valuation after a natural-gas pipeline condemned private land, the district court did not clearly err or abuse its discretion in...

NATURAL GAS PIPELINE CO. OF AM. v. POOL

Landlord Tenant Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The court of appeals erred in failing to hold that oil and gas lessees acquired fee simple determinable mineral estates by adverse possession; it is...

WINNEBAGO TRIBE OF NEBRASKA v. STOVALL

Civil Procedure, Indian Law, Oil and Gas Law, Tax Law
Where at least one of the three Younger requirements was not met in a case challenging a state's attempts to assess fuel taxes on a corporation wholly...

MISSOURI PUB. SERV. COMM'N v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Administrative Law, Oil and Gas Law
The FERC's reasoning for approving initial rates for a company's natural gas transportation was arbitrary and capricious, under the Natural Gas Act...

BJ SERVS. CO. v. HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVS., INC.

Intellectual Property, Oil and Gas Law, Patent
The district court did not err in ruling that a patent, directed to a method of fracturing subterranean formations to stimulate oil and gas wells, is...

HESS ENERGY, INC. v. LIGHTNING OIL CO., LTD.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Oil and Gas Law, Remedies
Under the Virginia Uniform Commercial Code, in an anticipatory breach scenario, the measure of damages is calculated using the market price as of the...

SAGINAW BAY PIPELINE CO. v. US

Commercial Law, Oil and Gas Law, Tax Law
All natural gas transportation pipelines used for any purpose other than production-related "gathering" of "wet" gas, including dry-gas "transmission"...

N. NATURAL GAS CO. v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
FERC failed to provide a reasoned explanation for its decision to reject a proposed revision to a tariff which would have allowed a pipeline company...

SHAH v. RACETRAC PETRO. CO.

Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Oil and Gas Law
A franchise agreement existed, plaintiffs qualify as "dealers" under the Tennessee Petroleum Trade Practices Act, and issues of fact exist as to...

DAVIS v. US ENVTL. PROT. AGENCY

Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law
The EPA abused its discretion in refusing to consider and weigh the effect of a state's proposed waiver, of the oxygen level requirement under the...