Successful in convincing the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals to reverse a district court’s order certifying a class of royalty owners applying the de novo standard of review.
Pursued and successfully obtained injunctive relief worth approximately $1 billion requiring affirmative assignment of oil and gas properties to rightful owner and successfully defended appeal of trial court decision to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.
With a prompt adjudication on the merits crucial to the development of a $250 million wind farm project, the Firm persuaded a federal court to set a merits trial less than two months after the case was filed. At trial, the court found that in this instance, the proposed wind farm would not interfere with the plaintiff’s reasonable use of the surface estate to explore and develop its mineral interest and defeated the plaintiff’s request for a permanent injunction.
Class plaintiffs sought more than $1.4 billion in damages. Successful motion practice on behalf of defendant substantially reduced exposure, and, following a multi-week trial, client was able to settle for a fraction of the damages sought.
In breach of merger agreement between energy companies, obtained $742 million verdict and affirmance of same on appeal to state appellate court.
Successfully handled trial court and subsequent appeal in matter involving Mineral Management Services, obtaining a favorable en banc decision for client in Circuit Court of Appeals.
Successfully brought class action against utility company, obtaining trial verdict in excess of $100 million and successfully handled appeal which was affirmed by Arkansas Supreme Court.
Represented a client involving a Texas crude oil pipeline and related assets owned by an entity in which the client has a 50% interest. The client bought a crude oil pipeline system in the Houston Gulf Coast area and also consented to the transfer of the other 50% interest to another owner in a transaction valued at over $1 billion