Recent Case Decisions
Recent Case Decisions
... length" contract under three complex benchmarks that change depending on whether the gas is processed or not. Gas Extractor used the first method for appraising oil value when selling to a processor between 2003 and ...
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... the case, holding that the jury’s finding that Producer was excused from performing the contract it breached due to Service Provider’s prior material breach was inconsistent and perverse and could not be ...
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... Individuals bought land with a natural water spring on it (“Rancher”). In the warranty deed, the seller retained a fifty-percent interest in the water on the ranch. The seller later sold his fifty-percent interest to ...
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... Lessors filed a breach of contract claim against a producer for failing to drill an offset well according to the leases. The district court granted summary judgment for the producer, and the lessor appealed. The parties ...
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... At issue in this case are water rights to an unnamed spring that had been improved with piping and crossed a number of properties. Aggrieved parties filed exceptions to the final order of the State Engineer, which ...
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... Producer A executed a participation agreement (“PA”) with Producers B and C under which B and C agreed to join A in the development of certain lands. A separate joint operating agreement (“JOA”) governed the drilling, ...
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... Water District and City disagreed as to which entity could provide water services to particular areas in the county. Water District had to obtain financing to expand and to ensure water services to all parts of its ...
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... Taxpayer appealed decision regarding action challenging the retroactive tax assessment on oil and gas leaseholds. The amount taxed is based on “quantity and value” of the tapped resource, but this value is based on ...
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... The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a certificate of public convenience and necessity to a Gas Transmission Company, authorizing the company to extend a natural gas pipeline into Maryland. An ...
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... court’s decisions and held that the (1) agent, principal, and Law Firms’ scheme to purchase Mineral Seller’s oil and gas interest through use of strawman did not amount to fraudulent conduct; (2) purchase and sale ...
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... Owners of land abutting railroad parcels (Landowners) filed suit against the United States in federal court, alleging that the Government effected a taking of their property by converting abandoned railroad right-of- ...
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... the case as a matter of Minnesota Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) interpretation, the Appellate Court found that the plain language of MEPA was unambiguous in that a final government decision must follow an ...
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... the case for further proceedings, holding that Operator is not obligated as a matter of law under the marketable condition rule to bear post- production costs that may be necessarily incurred to convert raw gas ...
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... most recent Planning Rule issued by Defendants exceeds the Forest Service’s authority by giving environmental concerns a privilege over competing concerns such as recreation and ...
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... A municipality owns the rights to divert water from one river to a river basin to supplement irrigational uses. Beginning in 1987, however, the municipality diverted water to different, undecreed river basins. The ...
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... In 2016, the EPA updated the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (“NAAQS”) and developed air pollution regulations to enforce the Good Neighbor Provision of the Clean Air Act (“CAA”). This provision addresses problems ...
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... the case, the appellate court found that Engineer properly found that: (1) a transfer to the Foundation limited to the consumption portion would avoid conflict and injury to other existing water rights; (2) the ...
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... This case set out to determine whether Electric Distributor (“Utility”) or City was responsible for payments associated with electric utility infrastructure relocation of utility poles, wires, and related ...
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... In a putative class action suit, utility customers (“Customers”) brought suit against two electric utility companies (“Utilities”). Utilities had been collecting rate increases from Customers for the construction of a ...
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... Pipeline Inspection Company (“Company”) was sued by Competing Pipeline Inspection Company (“Competitor”) after Competitor hired independent contractor previously employed by Company. Competitor brought claims under ...
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