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AGUINDA v. TEXACO, INC.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law
An action arising out of oil exploration and extraction operations was properly dismissed for forum non conveniens, where Ecuador was an adequate...

MATHIS v. EXXON CORP.

Contracts, Oil and Gas Law
In a breach of contract suit by gas station franchisees under the Texas analogue of the UCC's open price provision, evidence showed that defendant...

EXXONMOBIL GAS MARKETING CO. v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Administrative Law, Oil and Gas Law
The FERC did not act unreasonably in determining a line of demarcation in a pipeline system, where non-jurisdictional gathering ends and...

LAFLEUR v WHITMAN

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law
The heightened permitting requirements of the Program for the Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality did not apply to a proposed...

CONNECTICUT BANK OF COMMERCE v. REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Commercial Law, International Law, Oil and Gas Law
Dismissal of a garnishment action was improper under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, based on a joint oil venture between the Congo and Texas...

SEAHORSE MARINE SUPPLIES, INC. v. PUERTO RICO SUN OIL CO.

Contracts, Oil and Gas Law
A marine supplier's successful claims against an oil refinery, under the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act for improper termination of a fuel sale...

ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORP. v. THOMPSON

Contracts, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A well that is capable of production sustains a gas mining lease, even where actual production ceases longer than sixty days, thus such cessations did...

BD. OF WATER, LIGHT & SINKING FUND COMM'RS OF THE CITY OF DALTON, FLORIDA v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Administrative Law, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
FERC orders, permitting the construction of a direct delivery connection between a gas company's pipeline and one of petitioner's customers, were not...

PROCESS GAS CONSUMERS GROUP v. F.E.R.C.

Administrative Law, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
The FERC's approval of a pipeline company's proposed tariff revision method, for awarding pipeline capacity and allocating meter amendments, was...

COAL OPERATORS & ASSOC., INC. v. BABBITT

Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Government Law
Plaintiffs failed to establish federal jurisdiction in a claim attempting to force the federal government to turn over $1.3 billion dollars allegedly...