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

    Publication Date: 2024-01-22
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Energy | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christian Douglas Wright, Jameson A.L. Tweedie, Ralph K. Durstein, Sawyer M. Traver, Deputy Attorneys General, Wilmington, DE; Victor M. Sher, Matthew K. Edling, Stephanie D. Biehl, Sher Edling LLP, San Francisco, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David E. Wilks, Wilks Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., William E. Thomson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Andrea E. Neuman, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Thomas G. Hungar, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, Joshua D. Dick, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, San Francisco, CA; Kenneth J. Nachbar, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell, 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; Colleen D. Shields, Patrick M. Brannigan, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Tristan L. Duncan, Daniel B. Rogers, William F. Northrip, Shook, Hady & Bacon, LLP, Kansas City, MO; Kevin J. Mangan, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeremiah J. Anderson, McGuireWoods LLP, Houston, TX; Kathryn M. Barber, McGuireWoods LLP, Richmond, VA; Mackenzie M. Wrobel, Coleen W. Hill, Duane Morris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael F. Healy, Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, San Francisco, CA; Michael L. Fox, Duane Morris LLP, San Francisco, CA; 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; Michael A. Barlow, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert P. Reznick, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Washington, DC, James Stengel, Marc R. Shapiro, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY; Catherine Y. Lui, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, San Francisco, CA; Robert W. Whetzel, Blake Rohrbacher, Alexandra M. Ewing, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Anna Rotman, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Houston, TX: Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, Megan E. O’Connor, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; David C. Frederick, James M. Webster, III, Daniel S. Severson, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, PLLC, 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; John D. Lombardo, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Los Angeles, 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; 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; Christian J. Singewald, White and Williams LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joy C. Fuhr, Brian D. Schmalzbach, W. Cole Geddy, McGuireWoods LLP, Richmond, VA; Paul D. Brown, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Tracy A. Roman, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC; Honor R. Costello, Crowell & Moring LLP, New York, NY; Beth Moskow Schnoll, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmingt

    Case Number: N20C-09-097 MMJ CCLD

    State common law claims arising from fossil fuel companies' operations which harmed the environment were largely preempted by the Clean Air Act, which regulated the use of fossil fuels and emissions standards.

  • PJM Power Providers Group v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n

    Publication Date: 2024-01-15
    Practice Area: Public Utilities
    Industry: Energy | Federal Government | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Roth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elbert Lin, Charles D. Wallace, III, Hunton Andrews Kurth, Richmond, VA; John L. Shepherd, Jr., Hunton Andrews Kurth, Washington, DC; Paul W. Hughes, McDermott Will & Emery, Washington, DC; Kriss E. Brown, Christian A. McDewell, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Harrisburg, PA; Thomas G. Lindgren, Werner L. Margard, III, Office of Attorney General of Ohio, Columbus, OH; Jeffrey W. Mayes, Monitoring Analytics, Eagleville, PA; Denise C. Goulet, McCarter & English, Washington, DC for petitioners.
    for defendant: Jared B. Fish, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC; Danielle C. Fidler, Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, Washington, DC; Peter Hopkins, Amber L. Martin Stone, Jeffrey A. Schwartz, Scott H. Strauss, Cynthia Bogorad, Lauren L. Springett, Spiegel & McDiarmid, Washington, DC; Matthew Price, Jenner & Block, Washington, DC; Miles H. Mitchell, Maryland Public Service Commission, Baltimore, MD; David C. Apy, Office of Attorney General of New Jersey Division of Law, Trenton, NJ; Robert A. Weishaar, Jr., McNees Wallace & Nurick, Washington, DC; Ryan J. Collins, Paul M. Flynn, Wright & Talisman, Washington, DC; Caroline Reiser, Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, DC; Casey Roberts, Sierra Club, Denver, CO; Megan C. Wachspress, Sierra Club Environmental Law Program, Oakland, CA; Sarah A. Hunger, Office of Attorney General of Illinois, Chicago, IL Cynthia Bogorad, Lauren L. Springett, Spiegel & McDiarmid, Washington, DC; Adrienne E. Clair, Thompson Coburn, Washington, DC; Daniel E. Frank, Allison Speaker, Eversheds Sutherland, Washington, DC; Andrew D. Cordo, Shannon E. German, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Wilmington, DE; Gerit Hull, American Municipal Power, Columbus, OH; John E. McCaffrey, III, American Public Power Association, Arlington, VA; Anthony J. Corino, PSEG Corporation, Newark, NJ for respondents.

    Case Number: 21-3068

    FERC commissioners' statements following deadlock over proposed tariff were sufficient to demonstrate that the agency's "action through inaction" found the tariff just and reasonable.

  • In Re Venoco, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-12-25
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Energy | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Dehney, Andrew R. Remming, Matthew O. Talmo, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Warren W. Harris, Nancy McEvily Davis, Stephani A. Michel, Bracewell LLP, Houston, TX for appellant.
    for defendant: Rob Bonta, Christina Bull Arndt, Office of the California Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA; Edward K. Black, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE; David M. Fournier, Kenneth A. Listwak, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven S. Rosenthal, Marc S. Cohen, J.D. Taliaferro, Alicia M. Clough, Loeb & Loeb LLP, Los Angeles, CA for appellee.

    Case Number: 17-10828 (JTD)

    Adversary proceeding asserting inverse condemnation claim failed where state government seized possession of facility necessary to prevent dangerous environmental contamination when owner ran out of funds to operate the facility.

  • KDM Dev. Corp. v. The Consumer Prot. Unit of the Dep't of Justice of the State of Delaware

    Publication Date: 2023-11-06
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John W. Paradee, Brian V. DeMott, Dover, DE for petitioner.
    for defendant: Owen P. Lefkon, Ryan T. Costa, Deputy Attorneys General, State of Delaware Department of Justice Wilmington, DE for respondent.

    Case Number: S23M-06-018-CAK

    Consumer Protection Unit had statutory authority to issue subpoenas to affiliate of manufactured home community owners where it was not exclusively bound to make civil investigative demands under the Consumer Fraud Act, and the subpoenas were sufficiently tailored to the scope of an investigation into the safety of the community residents.

  • Citizens Against Solar Pollution v. Kent County

    Publication Date: 2023-10-30
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Energy | Non-Profit | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Abbot, Abbot Law Firm, Hockessin, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Max B. Walton, Lisa R. Hatfield, Erica K. Sefton, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Newark, DE; Richard A. Forsten, Wendie C. Stabler, James D. Taylor, Jr., Saul Ewing LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N23C-03-196 VLM

    Although plaintiffs failed to seek timely certiorari review of conditional use permit approval, transfer of the case from the chancery court after it concluded that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction because plaintiffs had an adequate remedy at law permitted the court to exercise its discretion to hear the case.

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  • Middlecap Assoc., LLC, v. The Town of Middletown

    Publication Date: 2023-10-30
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Construction | Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Butler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John W. Paradee, Brian V. DeMott, Baird Mandalas Brockstedt & Federico, LLC, Dover, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Scott G. Wilcox, Giordano, DelCollo, Werb & Gagne, LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N23C-03-181 CEB

    The court found that the complaint for certiorari regarding the denial of a conditional use permit was not untimely filed, the claim was not barred by plaintiff's failure to exhaust its administrative remedies, and the mayor and members of the town council were immune from suit in their individual capacity.

  • City of Newark v. Donald M. Durkin Contracting, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-11
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Construction | Legal Services | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LeGrow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Max B. Walton, Shaun Michael Kelly, Erica K. Sefton, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Newark, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul A. Logan, Post & Schell, P.C., Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: N21C-12-039

    Although declaratory judgment action did not breach the parties' settlement, the fact that the action was related to litigation nonetheless triggered defendants' indemnification obligations under the settlement to reimburse plaintiff for its legal costs incurred in the action.

  • Tesla Inc. v. Delaware Div. of Motor Vehicles

    Publication Date: 2023-06-06
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Automotive | Retail | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelly E. Farnan, Tyler E. Cragg, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Felicia H. Ellsworth, Sofie C. Brooks, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, MA; Ari Holtzblatt, Leon T. Kenworthy, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, D.C. for appellant.
    for defendant: George T. Lees III, Delaware Department of Transportation, Dover, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: 375, 2022

    DMV erred in interpreting Franchise Act to include a ban on the direct sales model, and vehicle manufacturer with no third-party dealers did not qualify as a "manufacturer" under the Act's definition.

  • Delta Eta Corp. v. City of Newark

    Publication Date: 2023-02-14
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Abbott, Abbott Law Firm, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Max B. Walton, Lauren P. DeLuca, Erica K. Sefton, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 2021-1106-MTZ

    Chancery court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over challenge to denial of special use permit by city council, which had acted in quasi-judicial capacity in denying the permit application and thus allowed for a remedy at law.

  • City of Newark v. Donald M. Durkin Contracting, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-01-31
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Construction | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Winston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Max B. Walton, Shaun Michael Kelly, Conolly Gallagher LLP for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Paul A. Logan, Post & Schell, P.C. for defendants.

    Case Number: N21C-12-039 PAW

    Declaratory judgment seeking clarification of scope of obligations under continuing cooperation provision of parties' settlement agreement did not constitute breach of release provision entitling released party to indemnification.