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ASSOC. OF OIL PIPE LINES v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Administrative Law, Oil and Gas Law
Where the FERC's formula for changes in the ensuing years' price caps for interstate oil pipelines deviated from its previous methodology, without any...

CHEVRON U.S.A. INC. v. MOBIL PRODUCING TEXAS & NEW MEXICO

Oil and Gas Law
Because stripper well overcharges were not settled in a Consent Order between defendant and the Department of Energy (DOE), liability remained with...

US v. SHELL OIL CO.

Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law
In suit for allocation of super-fund clean-up costs, the government was not liable for non-benzol costs as an "arranger," under CERCLA, 42 U.S.C....

INDEP. PETROLEUM ASS'N OF AMERICA v. DEWITT

Oil and Gas Law
In a suit over price valuation for gas charged by federal and Indian lessors to oil company lessees, the district court's finding that the department...

STIRMAN v. EXXON CORP.

Class Actions, Contracts, Oil and Gas Law
In putative class action wherein plaintiffs alleged defendant breached its lease obligations to them and to a class of similarly situated individuals...

DEMETTE v. FALCON DRILLING CO., INC.

Oil and Gas Law, Workers' Compensation
The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act applies to an oil rig jacked-up over the outer continental shelf.

VILLAGE OF BETHANY v. AMCO PROD. CO.

Oil and Gas Law
FERC may set different rules for allocating a pipeline's additional capacity than those for setting minimum and maximum tariff rates for the gas...

ANR W. COAL DEV. CO. v. BASIN ELEC. POWER COOP.

Oil and Gas Law
Under North Dakota law, there may be an implied duty to reasonably develop a mineral lease in favor of the royalty owner.

LONDONDERRY NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Oil and Gas Law
Under 15 USC 717r(a) of the Natural Gas Act, the 30-day notice requirement for judicial review applies to all "aggrieving" orders that a petitioner...

AMOCO PROD. CO. v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Oil and Gas Law
Under section 4(e) of the Natural Gas Act, 15 USC 717c, the FERC can order refunds only for amounts exceeding "the pre-existing lawful rate".