News & Analysis as of

Jurisdiction Pipelines

Gray Reed

Texas Common Carrier Status Confirmed

Gray Reed on

Litigation practice tip before we dive into Right-Way Sand Co. v. South Texas Pipelines LLC (STX). Waiting 27 months after being sued and after the offending activity has occurred before asking for an injunction to “protect...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

DC Circuit Reaffirms Jurisdictional Lines in Natural Gas Act

On Tuesday, February 13, 2024, in Bohan v. FERC, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit) for the second time affirmed a lower court’s finding that property owners could not bring a...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Bi-Partisan PHMSA Reauthorization Effort Underway

On December 6, 2023, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved the Promoting Innovation in Pipeline Efficiency and Safety Act of 2023 (PIPES or the Bill) to reauthorize the Pipeline and Hazardous...more

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real...

A Court-Side Seat: SCOTUS Rulings, the Fiscal Responsibility Act and the October 2023 Calendar

The Supreme Court issued 58 opinions in the October 2022 Term. Rulings in several cases will affect the practice of regulatory and administrative law either directly or indirectly, as is recounted below. Before the Court...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Fifth Circuit Reaffirms Bankruptcy Court Jurisdiction Over Rejection of FERC-Regulated Offtake Agreement

Public policy concerns associated with contracts impacted by energy industry bankruptcies filed in the Fifth Circuit will be resolved in bankruptcy court mini-trials instead of FERC proceedings. Parties entering energy...more

Holland & Hart LLP

Sovereign States Pitted Against Sovereign Tribes in Recent Federal District Court Decision

Holland & Hart LLP on

On September 3, 2021, in a potentially far-reaching decision, the U.S. District Court in Minnesota decided that it could not intervene in a case brought by tribal members suing the State of Minnesota for a pipeline permit...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

The World Is Your Oyster? Supreme Court Confirms UK Jurisdictional Gateway For Parent Company Liability

On 12 February 2021, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in the high profile case of Okpabi v Shell, in which it allowed a jurisdictional appeal relating to group claims brought by claimants against a UK domiciled parent...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights: Issue 27, July 2020

Big Oil repeatedly remanded to state courts - will SCOTUS come to the rescue? "Oil companies facing suits by state and local governments that want them to bear a share of the cost of responding to the consequences of...more

Morgan Lewis

US Supreme Court Allows Permit for Natural Gas Pipeline Beneath Appalachian Trail

Morgan Lewis on

The US Supreme Court held that the National Park Service’s responsibility over the Appalachian Trail did not incorporate that land into the National Park System, leaving the Forest Service with the authority to grant the...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - June 2020 #3

Supreme Court Lifts Key Obstacle to Atlantic Coast Pipeline, but More Challenges Remain - "The U.S. Supreme Court has reversed a lower court ruling that held up construction on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which would...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Applying “Basic Property Law Principles,” SCOTUS Upholds Forest Service’s Grant of Pipeline Right-of-Way Beneath the Appalachian...

Saul Ewing LLP on

“Sometimes a complicated regulatory scheme may cause us to miss the forest for the trees, but at bottom, these cases boil down to a simple proposition: A trail is a trail, and land is land.” Justice Thomas, Opinion of the...more

Benesch

Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Atlantic Coast Pipeline

Benesch on

On February 24, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on a critical permit needed for completion of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a controversial natural gas pipeline crossing the Appalachian Trail.  Supporters of the...more

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,...

Does a Discharge to Groundwater Require an NPDES Permit? Arkansas Environmental Federation Water Conference Presentation...

I under took a presentation at the April 18th Arkansas Environmental Federation Water Conference (“Conference”) titled: Does a Discharge to Groundwater Require an NPDES Permit? (“Presentation”) The Presentation focused...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Supreme Court review denial favors pipeline company

Bricker Graydon LLP on

On January 22, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court denied review of a Fourth Circuit decision affirming the dismissal of an action brought by landowners in the Western District of Virginia. ...more

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,...

Should FERC Have Exercised Jurisdiction Over an Intrastate Pipeline Segment?: D.C. Court of Appeals Decision

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals (“Court”) in a July 17th opinion addressed a challenge to two Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“Commission”) Orders authorizing facilities to export natural gas from the United States to...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Discharges Through Groundwater: Fourth Circuit Expands CWA Jurisdiction

A recent ruling by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals signals a marked expansion of jurisdiction and potential liability under the Clean Water Act (CWA). Reversing the trial court’s dismissal for failure to state a claim,...more

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,...

Clean Water Act Jurisdiction/Groundwater: National Association of Clean Water Agencies Amicus Brief

The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (“NACWA”) joined a number of organizations in filing an Amicus Brief on September 8th with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in the case styled Upstate...more

Troutman Pepper

Coming Down the Pipeline: Mitigating the Payment Risk in Oil and Gas Construction Through Lien Claims

Troutman Pepper on

Since 2015, the oil and gas market has experienced significant distress. Recent reports have tracked at least 114 North American oil and gas producers and 16 midstream companies that have filed for bankruptcy since the...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

B.C. Has Authority to Impose Conditions on Northern Gateway Pipeline

In its recent decision in Coastal First Nations v. British Columbia (Environment), the B.C. Supreme Court (Court) held that the provincial government retains authority to impose conditions on the proposed Northern Gateway...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Trans Mountain Expansion Project: Burnaby’s Latest Bid for Jurisdiction Unsuccessful

Bennett Jones LLP on

The City of Burnaby’s latest effort to assert jurisdiction over work performed in Burnaby in connection with the Trans Mountain Expansion Project was recently dismissed for procedural and constitutional reasons in Burnaby...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Big Changes to Federal Jurisdiction over Waters of the U.S. through the Clean Water Act

On March 25, 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“USACE”) announced the release of their proposed rule redefining what waters fall under federal jurisdiction under the...more

21 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide