Appellants, Petrobras, challenged the district court's order confirming a $622 million arbitration award entered against them.

This dispute centered on whether a 1954 lease to strip mine lignite was still valid.

Appellants, participants in Phillips 66's retirement plan brought a putative class action against appellee for breach of fiduciary duties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act alleging a failure to monitor properly and divest ConocoPhillips stock from the plan.

Appellee owns a mineral leasehold estate and contracted with Nabors to drill an oil well and Dubose to drill a water well.

In this appeal, the court considered the limits of an arbitrator's powers to reconsider a previously issued decision.

Petitioner leased a cabin to respondent and allowed respondent to use laundry facilities on an adjacent property petitioner ran as a bed and breakfast.

Petitioners own assets including 70 oil and gas leases worth hundreds of millions of dollars and they designated petitioner Chalker to act as their designated agent in an effort to sell the assets.