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Virginia Uranium, Inc. v. Warren

Constitutional Law, Oil and Gas Law
In a uranium miner's challenge to the Virginia General Assembly's ban on uranium mining 'until a program for permitting uranium mining is established...

US v. Blankenship

Criminal Law & Procedure, Oil and Gas Law
In a criminal case arising out of a tragic accident on April 5, 2010 at the Upper Big Branch coal mine in Montcoal, West Virginia, which caused the...

MPS Merchant Services, Inc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Public Utilities, Administrative Law, Oil and Gas Law
In consolidated petitions for review brought by various power companies of FERC determinations that various energy companies committed tariff...

Vapor Point LLC v. Moorhead

Oil and Gas Law, Attorney's Fees, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a case in which both parties sued each other, seeking to have certain parties recognized as joint inventors, under 35 U.S.C. section 256, on the...

Chevron Corp. v. Donziger

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law
In an appeal of certain relief granted in favor of plaintiff-appellee Chevron, in connection with an $8.646 billion judgment obtained against Chevron...

Delaware Riverkeeper Network v. Secretary Pennsylvania Dep't of Environmental Protection

Water Law, Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law
In a petition for review of water quality-related permitting actions by New Jersey and Pennsylvania for a project by the company which operates the...

Panoche Energy Center, LLC v. Pacific Gas and Electric Co.

Public Utilities, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law, Contracts
In an arbitration action, arising from a dispute between plaintiff electricity producer and defendant utility over which party bears the cost of...

David Netzer Consulting Engineer LLC v. Shell Oil Co.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Oil and Gas Law
In an infringement action involving a patent which describes a process for the coproduction of ethylene and purified benzene from refinery mixtures,...

Two Shields v. US

Class Actions, Indian Law, Oil and Gas Law
In an action brought by Native American plaintiffs seeking redress for themselves and other Native Americans in connection with the government's...

Shell Offshore Inc. v. Greenpeace, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Sanctions, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law
In an environmental action, the court dismissed an appeal of the district court’s preliminary injunction against Greenpeace, meant to protect...