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Shale Law Weekly Review – January 20, 2020
Climate Change: Federal Court Dismisses Climate Change Lawsuit for Lack of Standing
On January 17, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit dismissed the Juliana v. United States climate change case, sending it back to the district court on the grounds that the children and youth plaintiffs did not meet Article III standing requirements (Juliana et al. v. United States of America, No. 6:15-cv-01517). In September 2015, a group of youth and children brought legal actions in the U.S. District Court for Oregon against the United States, alleging that the federal government failed to respond to climate change and should now […]
Shale Law Weekly Review – July 22, 2019
Post-Production Costs: Court Determines Oil and Gas Company Cannot Deduct Post-Production Costs from State Royalty Payments
On July 11, 2019, the Supreme Court of North Dakota ruled that Newfield Exploration Company (Newfield) could not deduct post-production costs incurred by the company from royalties paid to the state (Newfield Exploration Co. v. State of North Dakota, No. 20190088). Newfield filed the lawsuit to determine whether the royalty payments made to the State of North Dakota were correct after an audit of the company found the royalties were being underpaid according to the lease. Newfield was making royalty payments to the […]
