Case Digests

Epsilon Energy USA, Inc. v. Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC

Publication Date: 2023-09-18
Practice Area: Energy and Natural Resources
Industry: Energy
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Matey
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew A. Fitzgerald, McGuireWoods, Richmond, VA; Gregory J. Krock, McGuireWoods, Pittsburgh, PA; Elizabeth M. Thomas, McGuireWoods, Charlotte, NC for appellant.
for defendant: Richard L. Armezzani, Daniel T. Brier, John B. Dempsey, Nicholas F. Kravitz, Myers Brier & Kelly, Scranton, PA for appellee.
Case Number: 22-1280

Court remanded for district court to join other parties to a joint operating agreement since adjudicating the case would necessarily implicate those parties' contractual rights and obligations.

Coronado Coal II, LLC v. Blackhawk Land & Res. LLC

Publication Date: 2022-06-14
Practice Area: Energy and Natural Resources
Industry: Mining and Resources
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Chancellor LeGrow
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Geoffrey Grivner, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Wilmington, DE; Gretchen Jankowski, Jordan Webster, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooner PC, Pittsburgh, PA for plaintiff
for defendant: John Sensing, Carson Bartlett, Potter Anderson & Corroon, LLP, Wilmington DE; M. Shane Harvey, Jackson Kelly PLLC, Charleston, WV for defendant.
Case Number: D69851

Coal lease's arbitration clause encompassed both lessee's rights to mine coal from the leased seam and the non-severable obligation not to injure the rights of others to mine other seams.

State ex rel. Jennings v. BP Am. Inc.

Publication Date: 2022-01-18
Practice Area: Energy and Natural Resources
Industry: Energy | State and Local Government
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Stark
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christian Douglas Wright, Jameson A.L. Tweedie, Ralph K. Durstein III, Delaware Department Of Justice, Wilmington, DE; Victor M. Sher and Matthew K. Edling, Sher Edling LLP, San Francisco, CA for plaintiff.
for defendant: David E. Wilks, R. Stokes Nolte, Wilks Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. William E. Thomson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Andrea E. Neuman, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Thomas G. Hungar, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC; Joshua D. Dick, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, San Francisco, CA; Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; David C. Frederick, Grace W. Knofczynski, Daniel S. Severson, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Catherine A. Gaul, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Nancy G. Milburn, Diana E. Reiter, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY; Jonathan W. Hughes, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, San Francisco, CA Matthew T. Heartney, John D. Lombardo, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Kenneth J. Nachbar, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Nathan P. Eimer, Pamela R. Hanebutt, Lisa S. Meyer, Eimer Stahl LLP, Chicago, IL; Robert E. Dunn, Eimer Stahl LLP, San Jose, CA; Jeffrey L. Moyer, Christine D. Haynes, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Kevin Orsini, Vanessa A. Lavely, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY; Colleen D. Shields, Patrick M. Brannigan, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Tristan L. Duncan, Daniel B. Rogers, and William F. Northrip, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.; Antoinette D. Hubbard, Stephanie A. Fox, Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC, Wilmington, DE; Shannon S. Broome, Ann Marie Mortimer, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, San Francisco, CA; Shawn Patrick Regan, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, New York, NY; Kevin J. Mangan, Kristen H. Cramer, Nicholas T. Verna, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew G. McBride, McGuire Woods LLP, Washington, DC; Christian J. Singewald, White And Williams LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joy C. Fuhr, Brian D. Schmalzbach, W. Cole Geddy, McGuire Woods LLP, Richmond, VA; Mackenzie M. Wrobel, Duane Morrjs LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael F. Healy, SHOOK HARDY & BACON LLP, San Francisco, CA Michael L. Fox, DUANE MORRJS LLP, San Francisco, CA; Paul D. Brown, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kathleen Taylor Sooy, Tracy A. Roman, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC; Honor R. Costello, Crowell & Moring LLP, New York, NY; Michael P. Kelly, Daniel J. Brown, Alexandra M. Joyce, McCarter & English LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven M. Bauer, Margaret A. Tough, Latham & Watkins LLP, San Francisco, CA; Jameson R. Jones, Daniel R. Brody, Bartlit Beck LLP, Denver, CO; Daniel A. Mason, Matthew D. Stachel, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & GarrIson LLP, Wilmington, DE; Yahonnes Cleary, Caitlin E. Grusauskas, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & GarrIson LLP, New York, NY; Michael P. Kelly, Daniel J. Brown, Alexandra M. Joyce, McCarter & English LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven M. Bauer, Margaret A. Tough, Latham & Watkins LLP, San Francisco, CA; Robert W. Whetzel, Richards Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, D
Case Number: D69684

Federal court lacked jurisdiction over purely state law claims alleging nuisance and consumer fraud arising from fossil fuel companies' purported disinformation campaigns to suppress the link between fossil fuel products and climate damage.

In re: MTE Holdings, LLC

Publication Date: 2022-01-11
Practice Area: Energy and Natural Resources
Industry: Energy | Real Estate
Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Judge: Judge Goldblatt
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: D69676

Under Texas law, a contracted oil and gas operator held the status of a co-tenant with the other holders of working interests, which merely obligated the operator to pay the other tenants the value of any production on those tenants' interests minus cost of production.

Gulf LNG Energy, LLC v. Eni USA Gas Mktg. LLC

Publication Date: 2020-12-02
Practice Area: Energy and Natural Resources
Industry: Energy
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Seitz
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bradley R. Aronstam, S. Michael Sirkin, R. Garrett Rice, Esquire, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joseph S. Allerhand, Seth Goodchild, Tania C. Matsuoka, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY; Mark W. Friedman, William H. Taft V, Carl Micarelli, Lisa Wang Lachowicz, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY for appellants.
for defendant: Joseph B. Cicero, Gregory E. Stuhlman, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joseph J. LoBue, Helene Gogadze, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, Washington, DC for appellee.
Case Number: D69208

Court could enjoin party from filing second arbitration whose purpose was to effectively appeal a prior arbitration award where the award was subject to the exclusive review under the FAA.

McKenna v. Singer, DEFAX Case No. D67838 (Del. Ch. July 31, 2017), Montgomery-Reeves, V.C. (71 pages).

Publication Date: 2017-08-23
Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws | Deals and Transactions | Energy and Natural Resources | Legal Malpractice
Industry: Energy | Financial Services and Banking | Legal Services
Court: Delaware Court of Chancery
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Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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Case Number: D67838

Unclean hands prevented plaintiffs from ring for breach of fiduciary duty, because plaintiffs engaged in misrepresentations to defendants. Those misrepresentations did not permit defendants to

Nichols v. Markell, DeFAX Case No. D66272 (D. Del. April 17, 2014) Burke, M.J. (67 pages).

Publication Date: 2014-04-30
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Industry:
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge:
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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Case Number: D66272