The Energy Law

MAY 6, 2016

In 2014, St. Tammany Parish Government v. This moratorium, like the home-rule charter article, was preempted by the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Act. The Colorado opinions echo the recent ruling of the Louisiana First Circuit. Welsh , 15-1152 (La. The Parish filed suit against the state’s Commissioner of Conservation.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 13, 2017

Settoon arose out of a February 2014 collision on the Mississippi River near Convent, Louisiana. These types of damages, however, have long been prohibited under the general maritime law (the default body of federal common law governing maritime cases) under the familiar Robins Dry Dock rule.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 24, 2019

2014) held that punitive damages were not available under the rationale of an earlier Supreme Court case, Miles v. The district court denied the defendant’s motion to strike the punitive damages claim; the Ninth Circuit affirmed. This decision set up a split in the circuits, because three years earlier the en banc Fifth Circuit in McBride v.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 17, 2020

. § 1337(k)(2), BOEM can convey the rights to OCS sand for use in projects for “shore protection, beach restoration, or coastal wetlands restoration undertaken by a Federal, State, or local government agency” or “a construction project. that is funded in whole or in part by or authorized by the Federal Government.”

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The Energy Law

MARCH 26, 2019

30:10 governed whether a unit operator may deduct post-production costs against UMO’s share of production proceeds. [3] 30:10, which governs agreements for drilling units and pooling interests in Louisiana. [7] Chesapeake Louisiana, LP. [1] 2] The UMOs argued that La. 3] The argument, however, was one of exclusion. 12] See id. [13]

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The Energy Law

JULY 21, 2016

On August 22, 2014, District Judge Martin L.C. This opinion suggests that the federal government, through the FWS, may prevent the industrial and commercial development of a private citizen’s land, even though the endangered species does not presently occupy the critical habitat.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 8, 2020

Heritage Resources holds only that the effect of a lease is governed by a fair reading of its text.” El Paso 2014, pet. Further, Justice Hecht writes, “ Heritage Resources does not suggest, much less hold, that a royalty cannot be made free of postproduction costs. In 2019, the Court heard Burlington Res. Oil & Gas Co.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 16, 2014

In September, the Sierra Club, one of the largest environmental organizations in the United States, filed a lawsuit seeking an immediate ban on the transportation of crude oil in allegedly outdated and unsafe tank cars despite the fact that the government has proposed regulations to address the same concerns. 3d 413, 419 (D.C. Circuit 2004).

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The Energy Law

JULY 28, 2017

Property modifications, including altering the present timber management practices, could return the land to suitable frog habitat but the landowners do not intent to take these steps and the government concedes it cannot compel them to do so. But the frog’s case has proven to have legs and may endure longer than the species itself.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 14, 2021

2008), and a 2014 decision, in which the D.C. 2020 SSM SIP Policy Memorandum. Circuit Court of Appeals finding that SSM exemptions were impermissible under a sister provision of the CAA (Section 112, dealing with National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants), Sierra Club v. Johnson , 551 F.3d 3d 1019 (D.C. EPA , 749 F.3d

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