Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. In an opinion delivered by Justice Breyer, Oneok, Inc. v. Learjet, Inc. held (7-2) that the Natural Gas Act did not preempt state-law antitrust claims against natural gas traders who manipulated […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. State Agencies & Institutions of Higher Educ. v. R.R. Comm’n of Tex., 421 S.W.3d 690 (Tex. App.—Austin 2014, no pet.) affirms a rate setting procedure in which the Railroad […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Tex. Coast Utilities Coal. v. R.R. Comm’n of Tex., 423 S.W.3d 355 (Tex. 2014) held that the Railroad Commission of Texas (“TRC”) is expressly authorized under the Gas Utility […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Texas Rice Land Partners, Ltd. v. Denbury Green Pipeline-Texas LLC, 363 S.W.3d 192 (Tex. 2012),held that the grant of a T-4 permit to a pipeline company by the Texas […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Crawford Family Farm P’ship v. TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P., 409 S.W.3d 908 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2013, pet. denied) held that a nongovernmental entity had the power to exercise the power of eminent […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Kadane Corp. v. Cholla Petroleum, Inc., No. 11-11-00236-CV, 2013 WL 3336612 (Tex. App.—Eastland June 27, 2013, no pet.) held that a mineral lessee’s pipeline easement was not an existing […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. In re Texas Rice Land Partners, Ltd., 402 S.W.3d 334 (Tex. App.—Beaumont 2013, mandamus denied) held that the trial court must make a preliminary finding as to a developer’s […]
