This past week, North Dakota Judge James Gion announced that he will sign an order requiring several Greenpeace entities to pay damages to Energy Transfer, the company behind the Dakota Access oil pipeline, for their role in...more
3/2/2026
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Earlier this month, a unanimous Ohio Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the Ninth District Court of Appeals holding that the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) has exclusive jurisdiction over certain claims...more
1/28/2026
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Statutory Interpretation
In Senterra Ltd. v. Winland, 2019-Ohio-4387, Ohio’s Seventh District Court of Appeals held that an examiner, after identifying the root of title and finding that an exception to marketable record title applies, should review...more
This past week, in EOG Resources, Inc. v. Lucky Land Management, LLC, 2025 U.S. App. LEXIS 8738, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed the decision of the district court granting a preliminary injunction...more
Recently, in Save Ohio Parks v. Oil & Gas Land Mgt. Comm., 2025-Ohio-847, Ohio’s Tenth District Court of Appeals held that R.C. 119.12 does not provide a right to appeal the decisions of the Oil & Gas Land Management...more