all - Opinion Summaries

UNION PAC. RES. GROUP, INC. v. HANKINS

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Oil and Gas Law
Because a covenant to obtain the best price reasonably attainable is implied under Texas law only to proceeds leases, not to market-value leases, gas...

HILCO ELEC. COOP. v. MIDLOTHIAN BUTANE GAS CO., INC.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
Petitioners failed to establish conclusively that the creation and ownership of a for-profit propane business furthered a proper purpose for a...

AMMEX, INC. v. US

Administrative Law, International Trade, Oil and Gas Law, Sanctions
Because res judicata does not preclude the United States Customs Service from revoking its approval of the sale of gasoline and diesel fuel on a duty-...

FINA OIL AND CHEM. CO. v. NORTON

Administrative Law, Oil and Gas Law
Because the applicable Minerals Management Service regulation for calculating government royalties unambiguously requires valuation of natural gas...

CITY OF SAN BENITO v. RIO GRANDE VALLEY GAS CO.

Class Actions, Oil and Gas Law
An unnamed class member is not required to intervene in order to appeal its objections to a class settlement or its opt-out requests. Cities could...

WILLIAMS GAS PROCESSING v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
A pipeline operator, its affiliate, and a coalition of natural gas producers failed to show that FERC made unreasonable determinations regarding...

KARAHA BODAS CO., L.L.C. v. PERTAMBANGAN

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, International Law, Oil and Gas Law
Given the structure and purpose of the U.N. Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards and the responsibilities of the...

ALLAPATTAH SERVS. INC. v. EXXON CORP.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Oil and Gas Law
28 U.S.C. section 1367 authorizes the exercise of supplemental jurisdiction in a diversity class action over claims that do not meet the $50,000...

UNION OIL CO. v. TERRIBLE HERBST, INC.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law
In a contract dispute over responsibility for pollution clean-up beneath a gas station, withholding assertion of a non-frivolous claim, in reliance on...

OXYGENATED FUELS ASS'N INC. v. DAVIS

Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law
Although California's ban on methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) is not expressly exempted from preemption by the Clean Air Act, the ban nonetheless is...