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COVID-19 as a Force Majeure? The Texas and Louisiana Perspectives

The Energy Law

A counter-example is Continental Oil Co. 1977), where a federal court applying Louisiana law found that a 500% increase in the price of natural gas was “likely to qualify as a force majeure event” under a take-or-pay gas contract, and thus excuse non-performance. Crutcher , 434 F.

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