Energy | Natural Resources Case Results

• Obtained an $8.7 million verdict in favor of the firm's client, an interstate gas transmission and supply company, against the City of Detroit after trial in the U.S. District for the Eastern District of Michigan.
• Recovered $1+ million in reimbursements from Oklahoma’s Underground Storage Tank Indemnity Fund for a petroleum producing/refining/marketing company.
• Obtained federal appellate remand of FERC orders concerning rate treatment of new regulated oil pipelines.
• Successfully represented producers rights in U.S. Department of Interior lease cancellation action.
• Successfully defended numerous class action lawsuits against producers of natural gas.
• Successfully represented producers interest in "affiliate sales" issues involving civil litigation and disputes with Indian tribe.
• Successfully defended "essential facility" antitrust claims against refined products pipeline.
• Successfully resolved multi-producer communitization dispute with Indian tribe.
• Successfully defended multiple royalty interest owners class action lawsuits on behalf of producers.
• Successfully prevented a $78.7 million reduction in the Trans Alaska Pipeline System rate base, which had been proposed by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska.
• Successfully prevailed on a Motion for Summary Judgment in an oil and gas case in which the opposition's expert witnesses calculated damages in excess of $555 million. A Motion for Attorney Fees and Costs was filed on behalf of the client and after an evidentiary hearing, the Court awarded the client all the fees and costs sought, which totaled more than $235,000.