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Gibraltar Rock, Inc. v. New Hanover Twp., PICS Case No. 15-0945 (Pa. Commw. June 5, 2015) McCullough, J. (14 pages).

Trial court properly granted declaratory relief in favor of appellee and properly held that township's storm water management ordinance was preempted by the Pennsylvania Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act because the SMO regulated "surface mining" as defined in the Noncoal Act and was thus, preempted. Affirmed.
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The Recorder

WildEarth Guardians v. Montana Snowmobile Association

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National Law Journal

INADMISSIBLE: Agency's Briefs Irk D.C. Circuit Judge

Judge Laurence Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit values clarity in legal briefs. Last week, the famously acronym-averse judge again showed his willingness to shame lawyers who disappoint him.
9 minute read

Texas Lawyer

SCOTX Rules Against Kachina Regarding Gas Compression Fees

The Texas Supreme Court recently dealt with a complicated contractual dispute when it reviewed the appellate ruling in 'Kachina Pipeline v. Lillis'.
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Texas Lawyer

SCOTX Rules for Gas Royalty Owners in Chesapeake Case

The high court ruled that Chesapeake had improperly deducted postproduction costs from the mineral estate owners' natural gas royalties.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Pacific Gas and Electric Company v. Public Utilities Commission (City of San Bruno)

4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Arbitration: The Underused Alternative for Oil and Gas Disputes

Myths about delay, cost, and risk because of a limited ability to appeal are overblown and have led to an inefficient avoidance of this flexible consensual procedure.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

SCOTX Upholds Plains' $83M Refund of Oil Lease Bonuses

The Texas Supreme Court ruled that the relevant excluded-assets provisions in the 1996 purchase and sale agreement between Plains Exploration & Production and Torch Energy are unambiguous.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Minneapolis Scores High on the NLJ 350 Regional Report

The number of Minneapolis lawyers on the NLJ 350 survey jumped by 7.9 percent last year, the biggest gain among the top 25 markets in the country.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

D.C. Circuit Judge Irked by Agency's Briefs

Judge Laurence Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit values clarity in legal briefs. On Tuesday, the famously acronym-averse judge again showed his willingness to shame lawyers who disappoint him.
2 minute read

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