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Third Circuit Restores Rule B Attachment Based On Breach of Contract Claim Under English Law, Implied Indemnity Claim Not Enough

The Energy Law

In this case, Tongli Shipping Pte. F]ederal maritime law governs whether a claim sounds in admiralty and that the relevant substantive law governs whether a plaintiff has alleged a valid prima facie claim,” citing Blue Whale Corp. 2009) (explaining that a valid prima facie claim must be “facially sound”). 649 F.Supp.2d

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Louisiana’s Sabine River Authority Not Entitled To Sovereign Immunity

The Energy Law

The Fifth Circuit agreed with the lower court that state statutes and case law characterize SRA-L as an arm of the state; but caveated that the factor was restricted and “given the inconsistent descriptions in the same statutes and the lack of a more-definite characterization in either statute or case law.” [7] Caremark, Inc.,

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Elections to Participate in Proposed Operations are Non-Revocable

The Energy Law

14-07-0069-CV, 2009 WL 442003 at *1 (Tex. Houston [14th] 2009, no pet. Smith”) was the operator of the Bloomberg oil and gas lease, whose operations were governed by two JOAs. By Kevin Connolly On an issue of apparent national first impression, the Houston Court of Appeals, in XTO Energy Inc. Smith Production Inc.,

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Louisiana Second Circuit Finds Holder of Mortgage Encumbering a Mineral Lease Solidarily Liable with Mineral Lessees for Damages Under the Louisiana Mineral Code

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1] In the case, a landowner sued its mineral lessees for: (1) failure to provide a recordable act evidencing the expiration of a mineral lease under Mineral Code articles 206-209 and (2) failure to pay royalties under Mineral Code articles 137-140. [2] Tauren Exploration, Inc. , 4] $242,029.26 6] $936,803.00 Rhymes ( jdrhymes@liskow.com ).

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Parties May Agree to Expanded Judicial Review Under Texas Arbitration Act — Nafta Traders, Inc. v. Quinn

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8] Of course, they will also need to make a verbatim record of the arbitration proceeding and should consider specifying in their arbitration provision that the TAA governs any proceeding thereunder and that any suit to confirm, modify, or vacate an award must be brought in a Texas state court. ——– 9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16. LEXIS 361, at *45.

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Louisiana Second Circuit Addresses: (1) Creation of Mineral Servitudes Via Notarial Acts of Correction; (2) Obstacles Suspending the Prescription of Nonuse from Running Against Mineral Servitudes; and (3) Payment of Court Costs in Concursus Actions

The Energy Law

1] In the case, an operator initiated a concursus action seeking to resolve ownership interest in minerals underlying property on which it was operating. which governs notarial acts of correction: A. (1) which governs notarial acts of correction: A. (1) University of Georgia, 2009. Flat River Farms, L.L.C. , 2d 473 (La.

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