Weekly Cases Update Volume 45, Issue 9

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Volume 45, Issue 19

Ladra v. New Dominion, LLC
ELR 201282015 OK 53(Okla., )

The Supreme Court of Oklahoma held that a woman injured in a 2011 earthquake may go forward with her suit against two energy companies for allegedly causing the quake due to hydraulic fracturing operations.

Keywords:
Duty of care, Hydraulic Fracturing
Public Service Co. of Colorado v. City of Boulder
ELR 2012614CV30681(Colo. Dist. Ct., )

A Colorado court upheld a city's decision to create a local electric utility. An electric company argued that the city council exceeded its authority when it created the utility. But the company missed the 28-day deadline for challenging quasi-judicial decisions.

Keywords:
Energy (generally), Constitutional law
Alaska Eskimo Whaling Comm'n v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ELR 2012713-70633(9th Cir., )

The Ninth Circuit granted in part and denied in part a petition challenging an NPDES permit authorizing oil and gas exploration facilities' discharge of 13 waste streams into the Beaufort Sea.

Keywords:
Unreasonable degradation of the marine environment, Whales, Permit issuance

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