TABLE OF CASES 50-52 - Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation

TABLE OF LEADING CASES 

ANNUAL INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS 

Volumes 50-57 (2004-2011) 

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A.B. Dick Co. v. Marr, 95 F. Supp. 83 (S.D.N.Y. 1950) 51:4.02[1] 

Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner, 387 U.S. 136 (1967), overruled on other grounds, Califano v. Sanders, 

430 U.S. 99 (1977) 57:5.04[3] 

Abella v. Knight Oil Tools, 945 S.W.2d 847 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1997) 56:27.05 

Abraxas Petroleum Corp. v. Hornburg, 20 S.W.3d 741 (Tex. App.—El Paso 2000, no pet.) 50:7.03[1], 

[2]; 51:15.04[1]; 52:11.04; 53:32.03[3] 

Acadienergy, Inc. v. McCord Exploration Co., 596 So. 2d 1334 (La. Ct. App. 1992) 52:11.10[3] 

Access Fund v. U.S. Department of Agriculture, 499 F.3d 1036 (9th Cir. 2007) 54:12.04[1][c] 

Ace Lobster Co. v. Evans, 165 F. Supp. 2d 148 (D.R.I. 2001) 52:5.02[7] 

Acker v. Guinn, 464 S.W.2d 348 (Tex. 1971) 55:27.03[1] 

Adams v. United States, 3 F.3d 1254 (Adams I) (9th Cir. 1993) 52:9.02[4][b] 

Adams v. United States, 255 F.3d 787 (Adams II) (9th Cir. 2001) 52:9.02[4][b] 

ADC Affiliate Ltd. v. Hungary, available at http://ita.law.uvic.ca/documents/ADCvHungaryAward.pdf 

53:24.06[2] 

Adkins v. Board of Oil, Gas & Mining, 926 P.2d 880 (Utah 1996) 54:6.09[2], [3] 

Aera Energy LLC v. Salazar, 642 F.3d 212 (D.C. Cir. 2011) 57:1.02[3], .04[1][e] 

Aguilar v. United States, 474 F. Supp. 840 (D. Alaska 1979) 53:12.03[4][g][iii] 

Alabama Power Co. v. Costle, 606 F.2d 1068 (D. D.C. 1979) 56:20.03 

Alabama Power Co. v. Costle, 636 F.2d 323 (D.C. Cir. 1979) 56:20.03 

Alabama Power Co. v. Costle, 636 F.2d 323 (D.C. Cir. 1980) 51:12.04[2]; 52:6.03[4][d] 

Alameda County Water District v. Niles Sand & Gravel Co., 112 Cal. Rptr. 846 (Cal. Ct. App. 1974) 

54:3.04[3][a] 

Alamosa-La Jara Water Users Protection Ass’n v. Gould, 674 P.2d 914 (Colo. 1984) 54:14.03[3][b]; 

55:18.05, .05[1] 

Alaska v. Babbitt (Foster Allotment), 75 F.3d 449 (9th Cir. 1995) 53:12.03[4][g][iii] 

Alaska v. Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government, 522 U.S. 520 (1998) 56:5A.02[2] 

Alaska v. 13.90 Acres of Land, 625 F. Supp. 1315 (D. Alaska 1985), aff’d sub nom. Etalook v. Exxon 

Pipeline Co., 831 F.2d 1440 (9th Cir. 1987) 53:12.03[4][g][iii] 

Alaska v. Udall, 420 F.2d 938 (9th Cir. 1969) 53:12.03[1][a][vii] 

Alaska Professional Hunters Ass’n v. FAA, 177 F.3d 1030 (D.C. Cir. 1999) 57:5.03[2] 

Alaska Wilderness League v. Kempthorne, 548 F.3d 815 (9th Cir. 2008), withdrawn & vacated, 559 F.3d 

916 (9th Cir. 2009), superseded by, 571 F.3d 859 (9th Cir. 2009) 57:1.03[2][c], .04[1][a], [c]-[d] 

Albion-Idaho Land Co. v. Naf Irrigation Co., 97 F.2d 439 (10th Cir. 1938) 55:18.03[4] 

Alenco Communications, Inc. v. F.C.C., 201 F.3d 608 (5th Cir. 2000) 52:5.02[6] 

Allied Local & Regional Manufacturers Caucus v. EPA, 215 F.3d 61 (D.C. Cir. 2000) 52:5.02[5] 

Altman v. Town of Amherst, N.Y., 33 Envtl. L. Rep. 20,037 (2d Cir. 2002) 50:23.02[1][a][i] 

Alvarez v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 405 F.3d 36 (1st Cir. 2005) 51:13.06[2][a]

Amarex, Inc. v. El Paso Natural Gas Co., 772 P.2d 905 (Okla. 1989) 52:11.14[1] 

Amarillo Oil Co. v. Energy-Agri Products, Inc., 794 S.W.2d 20 (Tex. 1990) 53:20.05[1][b] 

AMCAL Multi-Housing, Inc. v. Pacific Clay Products, 518 F. Supp. 2d 1194 (C.D. Cal. 2007) 54:9.04[3] 

Amerada Hess Corp., 52 FERC 61,268 (1990) 56:28.03[1][b][iv] 

Amerada Hess Corp., 57 FERC 61,063 (1991), reh’g denied, 59 FERC 61,117 (1992) 

56:28.03[1][b][iv] 

Amerada Hess Corp., 67 FERC 61,254 (1994) 56:28.03[1][b][iv] 

American Banana Co. v. United Fruit Co., 213 U.S. 347 (1909) 53:7.02[1] 

American Canoe Ass’n v. Murphy Farms, Inc., 326 F.3d 505 (4th Cir. 2003) 50:23.03[3][a] 

American Falls Reservoir Dist. No. 2 v. Idaho Dep’t of Water Resources, 154 P.3d 433 (Idaho 2007) 

54:14.03[4] 

American Moving & Storage Ass’n, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Defense, 91 F. Supp. 2d 132 (D.D.C. 

2000) 52:5.02[4] 

American Operating Co. v. Railroad Commission, 744 S.W.2d 149 (Tex. Ct. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 

1987) 56:18.04[2][m] 

American Trucking Ass’n, Inc. v. EPA, 175 F.3d 1027 (D.C. Cir. 1999) 52:5.02[11][c] 

Amerman v. Martin, 83 S.W.3d 858 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2002), aff’d, 133 S.W.3d 262 (Tex. 2004) 

50:20.04[1][a] 

Amigos Bravos v. EPA, 324 F.3d 1166 (10th Cir. 2003) 50:23.03[3][b], [5] 

Amoco Production Co. v. Charles B. Wilson, Jr., Inc., 976 P.2d 941 (Kan. 1999) 52:11.05[1] 

Amoco Production Co. v. Corporation Commission, 751 P.2d 203 (Okla. Ct. App. 1988) (adopted as the 

opinion of the Oklahoma Supreme Court (Feb. 9, 1988)) 56:18.04[1][a][i] 

Amoco Production Co. v. Southern Ute Indian Tribe, 526 U.S. 865 (1999) 55:26.03[3] 

Amoco Production Co. v. Texaco, Inc., 838 So. 2d 821 (La. Ct. App. 2003) 51:15.03[3] 

Amoco Production Co. v. Texas Meridian Resources Exploration Inc., 180 F.3d 664 (5th Cir. 1999) 

51:15.03[2] 

Amoco Production Co. v. Underwood, 558 S.W.2d 509 (Tex. Civ. App.—Eastland 1977, writ ref’d n.r.e.) 

53:33.05[2][b] 

Amoco Production Co. v. Watson, 410 F.3d 722 (D.C. Cir. 2005), aff’d on other grounds sub. nom BP 

America Prod. Co. v. Burton, 549 U.S. 84 (2006) 55:24.02 

Amoco Rocmount Co. v. Anshutz Corp., 7 F.3d 909 (10th Cir. 1993) 52:11.04 

AMREP Corp. v. FTC, 768 F.2d 1171 (10th Cir. 1985) 52:16.03[1] 

Anderson v. Corporation Commission, 327 P.2d 699 (Okla. 1957) 56:18.04[1][a][i] 

Anderson v. Dyco Petroleum Corp., 782 P.2d 1367 (Okla. 1989) 56:28.05[2][a] 

Angelloz v. Humble Oil & Refining Co., 199 So. 656 (La. 1940) 54:29.03[2][b] 

Anschutz Corp. v. Wyoming Oil & Gas Conservation Commission, 923 P.2d 751 (Wyo. 1996) 

56:18.04[2][o] 

Antrim Mining, Inc. v. Davis, 775 F. Supp. 165 (M.D. Pa. 1991) 50:23.03[2][b][iv] 

Appalachian Power Co. v. EPA, 208 F.3d 1015 (D.C. Cir. 2000) 57:5.03[3], .05 

Arc Ecology v. U.S. Department of the Air Force, 411 F.3d 1092 (9th Cir. 2005) 53:7.02[1] 

Arce v. Garcia, 434 F.3d 1254 (11th Cir. 2006) 57:8.03[3][a][ii] 

Arizona v. California, 347 U.S. 985 (1954) 55:18.02[3][b], .04 

Arizona v. California, 373 U.S. 546 (1963) 50:3A.02[2]; 52:21.06[2][b], 21.08[2][a]; 53:11.10; 55:18.03[4] 

Arizona v. California, 376 U.S. 340 (1964) Decree 55:18.03[4] 

Arizona Cattle Growers’ Ass’n v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 273 F.3d 1229 (9th Cir. 2001) 

55:10.04[3][a], .06[1]

Arizona Public Service Co. v. EPA, 211 F.3d 1280 (D.C. Cir. 2000), cert. denied sub nom. Michigan v. 

EPA, 532 U.S. 970 (2001) 52:20.04[4] 

Arizona Silica Sand Co. v. Acting Navajo Area Director BIA, IBIA 94-186-A (Apr. 2, 1997) 

56:14A.02[3][b] 

Arizona Water Co. v. City of Bisbee, 836 P.2d 389 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1991) 57:29.03[1][c] 

Arkansas v. Oklahoma, 503 U.S. 91 (1992) 52:21.07[2] 

Arkla Exploration Co. v. Boren, 411 F.2d 879 (8th Cir. 1969) 50:7.14[5] 

Armstrong v. Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC, No. 3:10-cv-02453 (M.D. Pa. filed Dec. 6, 2010) 

57:13.03[6] 

ASARCO, Inc. v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., No. CV 04-2144-PHX-SRB, 2006 WL 173662 (D. Ariz. Jan. 

24, 2006) (unpublished) 54:9.04[5][b] 

Associated Fisheries of Maine, Inc. v. Daley, 127 F.3d 104 (1st Cir. 1997) 52:5.02[6] 

Association to Protect Hammersley, Eld, & Totten Inlets v. Taylor Resources, Inc., 299 F.3d 1007 (9th Cir. 

2002) 50:23.02[1][a][i], [2][b][iv] 

Atkinson Gas Co. v. Albrecht, 878 S.W.2d 236 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 1994, writ denied) 

52:10.03[1][c] 

Atkinson Trading Co. v. Shirley, 532 U.S. 645 (2001) 52:20.05[1] 

Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Long Trusts, 860 S.W.2d 439 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 1993, writ denied) 

50:7.09[1] 

Attakai v. United States, 746 F. Supp. 1395 (D. Ariz. 1990) 56:14A.02[3][b] 

Auer v. Robbin, 519 U.S. 452 (1997) 56:19.02[1][b], [c][ii], .05 

Aurizon Mines Ltd. v. Northgate Minerals Corp., (2006), 57 B.C.L.R. (4th) 137 (B.C.S.C.), aff’d, (2006), 55 

B.C.L.R. (4th) 203 (B.C.C.A.) 53:28.01, .04[6] 

Babbitt v. Sweet Home Chapter of Communities for a Great Oregon, 515 U.S. 687 (1995) 55:10.06[2] 

Backcountry Against Dumps v. EPA, 100 F.3d 147 (D.C. Cir. 1996) 52:20.04[1], [5] 

Baker v. Anschutz Exploration Corp., No. 2011-1168 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. filed Feb. 11, 2011) 57:13.03[13] 

Baker v. United States, 613 F.2d 224 (9th Cir. 1980) 52:18.06 

Bank of Montreal v. Dynex Petroleum Inc., [2002] 1 S.C.R. 146 (S.C.C.) 50:13.06[2][a] & [c] 

Barby v. Singer, 648 P.2d 14 (Okla. 1982) 55:23.02[2] 

Barnsdall Oil Co. v. Willis, 152 F.2d 824 (5th Cir. 1946) 52:27.01 

Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Inc. v. Browner, 215 F.3d 45 (D.C. Cir. 2000) 57:5.03[4] 

Baumgartner v. Gulf Oil Corp., 168 N.W.2d 510 (Neb. 1969) 53:20.03[2][b] 

Bay Harbour Management, L.C. v. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (In re Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.), 

415 B.R. 77 (S.D.N.Y. 2009) 56:17.02, .04[3] 

Bay View, Inc. ex rel. AK Native Village Corps. v. Ahtna, Inc., 105 F.3d 1281 (9th Cir. 1997) 

53:12.03[3][a] 

Bayou Land Co. v. Talley, 924 P.2d 136 (Colo. 1996) 52:26.04[3][a] 

Bays Exploration, Inc. v. PenSa, Inc., 771 F. Supp. 2d 1289 (W.D. Okla. 2011) 57:25.05[1][b], [4] 

BB Energy, LP v. Devon Energy Production Co., No. 3:07-CV-0723-0, 2008 WL 2164583 (N.D. Tex. May 

23, 2008) 55:23.05[1] 

Bean v. Morris, 221 U.S. 485 (1911) 55:18.03[4] 

Beartooth Alliance v. Crown Butte Mines, 904 F. Supp. 1168 (D. Mont. 1995) 50:23.02[1][a][i], 23.03[1] 

BedRoc Ltd., LLC v. United States, 124 S. Ct. 1587 (2004) 50:11.02[5][a] 

Belden & Blake Corp. v. Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, 969 A.2d 528 

(Pa. 2009) 55:32.04[4] 

Bennett v. Spear, 520 U.S. 154 (1997) 57:5.04[2], .05 

Bennion v. ANR Production Co., 819 P.2d 343 (Utah 1991) 56:18.04[2][n]

Bennion v. Graham Resources, Inc., 849 P.2d 569 (Utah 1993) 56:18.04[2][n] 

Bennion v. Gulf Oil Corp., 716 P.2d 267 (Utah 1985) 56:18.04[2][n] 

Bennion v. Utah State Board of Oil, Gas & Mining, 675 P.2d 1135 (Utah 1983) 56:18.04[2][n] 

Bennion v. Utex Oil Co., 905 F.2d 324 (10th Cir. 1990) 56:18.04[2][n] 

Bensette v. Reece, [1973] 34 D.L.R. (3d) 723 50:13.06[3] 

Berish v. Southwestern Energy Production Co., 763 F. Supp. 2d 702 (M.D. Pa. 2011) 57:13.03[5] 

Berthelote v. Loy Oil Co., 28 P.2d 187 (Mont. 1933) 57:20.04[1][d][viii] 

Bittaker v. Woodford, 331 F.3d 715 (9th Cir. 2003) 51:4.06[1] 

Blackmon v. XTO Energy, Inc., 276 S.W.3d 600 (Tex. App.—Waco 2008) 55:23.02[2] 

Blake v. Texas Co., 123 F. Supp. 73 (D.C. Okla. 1954) 55:23.05[3] 

Bloor v. Dansker (In re Investors Funding Corporation of N.Y. Securities Litigation, 523 F. Supp. 533 

(S.D.N.Y. 1980) 55:37.04[1] 

Blue Legs v. Bureau of Indian Affairs, 867 F.2d 1094 (8th Cir. 1989) 52:20.04[1] 

Blue Tee Corp. v. ASARCO, Inc., No. 03-5011-CV-SW-F-JG, 2005 WL 1532955 (W.D. Mo. June 27, 

2005) 54:9.04[5][a] 

Blythe v. Sohio Petroleum Co., 271 F.2d 861 (10th Cir. 1959) 55:23.05[2][a] 

Border Power Plant Working Group v. Department of Energy, 260 F. Supp. 2d 997 (S.D. Cal. 2003) 

55:14.03[2][b], [2][b][ii]-[iii], [3][a], [c] 

Breaux v. Apache Oil Corp., 240 So. 2d 589 (La. Ct. App. 1970) 55:23.03[1] 

Briefing.com v. Jones, 126 P.3d 928 (Wyo. 2006) 55:7.04 

Board of County Commissioners v. Norton, No. 02-CV-193-B (D. Wyo. Mar. 9, 2004) 50:11.02[2][c] 

Board of County Commissioners v. Park County Sportsmen’s Ranch, LLP, 45 P.3d 693 (Colo. 2002) 

54:3.04[3][b] 

Bob’s Beverage, Inc. v. Acme, Inc., 169 F. Supp. 2d 695 (N.D. Ohio 1999) 52:16.02[3] 

Boldrich v. BTA Oil Producers, 222 S.W.3d 672 (Tex. App—Eastland 2007) 53:31.03[4] 

Bolton v. Coats, 533 S.W.2d 914 (Tex. 1976) 50:1.04[1] 

Bonds v. Sanchez-O’Brien Oil & Gas Co., 715 S.W.2d 444 (Ark. 1986) 54:4.02[4] 

Boone v. Kerr-McGee Oil Industries, 217 F.2d 63 (10th Cir. 1954) 53:33.05[2][a] 

Booth Oil Site Administrative Group v. Safety-Kleen Corp., 532 F. Supp. 2d 477 (W.D.N.Y. 2007) 

54:9.04[5][b] 

Borden Ranch Partnership v. Army Corps of Engineers, 261 F.3d 810 (9th Cir. 2001), aff’d by an equally 

divided court, 537 U.S. 99 (2002) 52:12.04[1][a] 

Borden Ranch Partnership v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 537 U.S. 99 (2002), aff’g 261 F.3d 810 (9th 

Cir. 2001) 50:23.02[1][a][ii], [iii] 

Bowoto v. Chevron Corp., 621 F.3d 1116 (9th Cir. 2010) 57:8.03[3][b][ii] 

Boyd v. Martin Exploration Co., 56 B.R. 776 (E.D. La. 1986) 50:21.06 

Bragg v. West Virginia Coal Ass’n, 248 F.3d 275 (4th Cir. 2001), cert. denied, 534 U.S. 1113 (2002) 

50:23.01; 52:12.04[5][d]; 54:19.03[3], .05[2][a] 

Brainard v. State, 12 S.W.3d 6 (Tex. 1999) 50:20.03[5][b] 

Brannan v. Sohio Petroleum Co., 260 F.2d 621 (10th Cir. 1958) 50:21.02[1] 

Brewster v. Lanyon Zinc Co., 140 F. 801 (8th Cir. 1905) 57:20.02, .04[1][d][vi]-[ix] 

Brock v. Roadway Express, Inc., 481 U.S. 252 (1987) 51:6.02[2][a][v] 

Brooks v. United States, 119 F.2d 636 (9th Cir. 1941) 55:18.03[4] 

Brown Oil Co. v. Caldwell, 13 S.E. 42 (W. Va. 1891) 57:28.03[1][d] 

Brown v. Ward, 593 P.2d 247 (Alaska 1979) 53:12.03[5]

Browning Oil Co. v. Luecke, 38 S.W.3d 625 (Tex. App.—Austin 2000, pet. denied) 53:33.04[2], .06[10]; 

55:8.03; 57:11.03[2][b] 

Bruce W. Crawford, 86 IBLA 350, GFS(MIN) 55(1985) 54:10.04[1], [3] 

Buckhannon Board & Care Home, Inc. v. West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources, 532 

U.S. 598 (2001) 50:23.03[5] 

Budget Car Rentals Toronto Ltd. v. Petro-Canada Inc., 60 D.L.R. (4th) 751 (Ont. C.A.) 56:4.04[7] 

Buente v. Allstate Insurance Co., 422 F. Supp. 2d 690 (S.D. Miss. 2006) 52:10.02[1] 

Buettner v. Kavilco, Inc., 860 F.2d 341 (9th Cir. 1988) 53:12.03[4][g][ii] 

Buffalo Marine Service, Inc. v. Monteau, 761 S.W.2d 416 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 1988, no 

writ) 52:10.03[2] 

Bunnell Farms Co. v. Samuel Gary, Jr. & Assoc., 47 P.3d 804 (Kan. Ct. App. 2002) 55:23.03[1] 

Burlington Ditch Reservoir and Land Co. v. Metro Wastewater Reclamation Dist., 256 P.3d 645 (Colo. 

2011) 57:29.03, .03[1][b] 

Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth, 524 U.S. 742 (1998) 51:6.02[1][b][ii] 

Byrom v. Pendley, 717 S.W.2d 602 (Tex. 1986) 50:7.10 

C & C Partners v. Sun Exploration & Production Co., 783 S.W.2d 707 (Tex. Civ. App.—Dallas 1989, writ 

denied) 52:11.10[6] 

Cabello v. Fernández-Larios, 402 F.3d 1148 (11th Cir. 2005) 57:8.03[3][a][iii] 

Cadbury Schweppes Inc. v. FBI Foods Ltd., [1994] 8 W.W.R. 727 (B.C.S.C.) 53:28.03[2] 

Caflisch v. Crotty, 774 N.Y.S. 2d 653 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003) 53:33.06[6] 

California v. Block, 690 F.2d 753 (9th Cir. 1982) 53:8.07 

California v. Montrose Chemical Corp., 104 F.3d 1507 (9th Cir. 1997) 50:15.03[3][j] 

California Oregon Power Co. v. Beaver Portland Cement Co., 295 U.S. 142 (1935) 53:11.10 

California Public Utilities Commission v. F.E.R.C., 900 F.2d 269 (D.C. Cir. 1990) 56:28.03[2][c][iii] 

Cambridge Production, Inc. v. Geodyne Nominee Corp., No. 07-08-0355-CV, 2009 WL 1813143 (Tex. 

App.—Amarillo June 23, 2009) 55:23.03[2] 

Carabell v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 391 F.3d 704 (6th Cir. 2004) 53:18.04 

Carrier Corp. v. Piper, 460 F. Supp. 2d 827 (W.D. Tenn. 2006) 54:9.04[3], [5][a] 

Carrothers Construction Co. v. City of South Hutchinson, 207 P.3d 231 (Kan. 2009) 57:19.05[1][b] 

Carson v. Railroad Commission, 669 S.W.2d 315 (Tex. 1984) 56:18.04[2][m] 

Cascade Natural Gas Co. v. F.E.R.C., 955 F.2d 1412 (10th Cir. 1992) 56:28.03[2][c][iii] 

Cascade Town Co. v. Empire Water & Power Co., 181 F. 1011 (D. Colo. 1910), rev’d in part, 205 F. 123 

(8th Cir. 1913) 56:9.03[3][b] 

Cassinos v. Union Oil Co., 18 Cal. Rptr. 2d 574 (Cal. Ct. App. 1993) 54:3.04[1][a] 

Castle v. Womble, 19 L.D. 455 (1894) 52:18.01, 18.03[1], [3], 18.04[1], 18.05[11] 

Catskill Mountains Chapter of Trout Unlimited v. New York City, 273 F.3d 481 (2d Cir. 2001) 

50:23.02[1][a][i], 23.03[2][a]; 55:17.02[2][a][ii] 

Catskill Mountains Chapter of Trout Unlimited, Inc. v. New York City, 451 F.3d 77 (2d Cir. 2006) 

52:12.04[1][a]; 55:17.02[2][a][ii] 

Cement Kiln Recycling Coalition v. EPA, 493 F.3d 207 (D.C. Cir. 2007) 57:5.03[4] 

CEMEX v. County of Los Angeles, Civ. No. 02-CV-747-DT (FMOx) (C.D. Cal.) (May 24, 2004, entry of 

Consent Decree) 50:11.02[5][d] 

Center for Auto Safety v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 452 F.3d 798 (D.C. Cir. 2006) 

57:5.03[4] 

Center for Biological Diversity, 162 IBLA 268, GFS(MIN) 31(2004) 51:8.05[2] 

Center for Biological Diversity v. Kempthorne, No. 07-00141 (D. Alaska Apr. 22, 2008) 54:8.03[3][a]

Center for Biological Diversity v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 508 F.3d 508 (9th Cir. 

2007) 54:8.02[3][a][ii] 

Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Department of the Interior, 563 F.3d 466 (D.C. Cir. 2009) 

57:1.03[2][d], .04[1][a], [c]-[d] 

Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, 202 F. Supp. 2d 594 (W.D. Tex. 2002) 

54:11.04[5] 

Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Forest Service, 349 F.3d 1157 (9th Cir. 2003) 53:8.05[4][b] 

Centerior Service Co. v. Acme Scrap Iron & Metal Corp., 153 F.3d 344 (6th Cir. 1998) 54:9.04[3] 

Central Natural Resources, Inc., v. Davis Operating Co., 201 P.3d 680, 682 (Kan. 2009) 55:25.03[2] 

C. F. Braun & Co. v. Corporation Commission, 609 P.2d 1268 (Okla. 1980) 56:18.04[1][a][i] 

Chance v. BP Chemicals, Inc., 670 N.E.2d 985 (Ohio 1996) 54:3.04[1][d] 

Chartiers Block Coal Co. v. Mellon, 25 A. 597 (Pa. 1893) 50:10.05; 51:7.02[2][b]; 55:32.06[1] 

Chatham Conservation Foundation, Inc. v. Farber, 779 N.E.2d 134 (Mass. Ct. App. 2002) 51:22.06[2][b] 

Chemehuevi Tribe v. Federal Power Commission, 420 U.S. 395 (1975) 54:10.04[2] 

Chesapeake Operating, Inc. v. Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Co., 60 P.3d 1052 (Okla. Ct. Civ. App. 

2002) 56:18.04[1][a][iii] 

Cheslatta Carrier Nation v. British Columbia, [1998] B.C.J. No. 178 (S.C.) 50:9.03[5] 

Chevron Corp. v. Donziger, 768 F. Supp. 2d 581 (S.D.N.Y. 2011) 57:8.05[1][a], [2][a] 

Chevron Oil Co. v. Howell, 407 S.W.2d 525 (Tex. Civ. App.—Dallas 1966, writ ref’d n.r.e.) 

54:24.04[2][a]; 55:8.02; 57:11.03[3][d] 

Chevron, U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984) 52:20.02[2], 

20.04[5]; 53:18.03[2]; 56:19.02[1][b], .05; 57:5.03[1] 

Chickaloon-Moose Creek Native Ass’n, Inc. v. Norton, 360 F.3d 972 (9th Cir. 2004) 53:12.03[4][a] 

Cholla Ready Mix, Inc. v. Civish, 382 F.3d 969 (9th Cir. 2004), cert. denied, 544 U.S. 974 (2005) 

54:12.04[1][b] 

Chorzow Factory, Germany v. Poland, P.C.I.J. Series A., No. 17 (1928) 56:12.04[2] 

Chowdhury v. Worldtel Bangladesh Holding, Ltd., 588 F. Supp. 2d 375 (E.D.N.Y. 2008) 57:8.03[3][a][i] 

Chrisman v. Miller, 197 U.S. 313 (1905) 52:18.03[1] 

Christensen v. Harris County, 529 U.S. 576 (2000) 56:19.02[1][c][ii] 

Cities Service Oil Co. v. Sohio Petroleum Co., 345 F. Supp. 28 (W.D. Okla. 1972) 50:21.02[5] 

Cities Service Oil Co. v. State Corp. Commission, 472 P.2d 257 (Kan. 1970) 53:20.04 

Citizens Coal Council v. EPA, 447 F.3d 879 (6th Cir. 2006) 52:12.04[2] 

City and County of Denver v. Fulton Irrigating Ditch Co., 506 P.2d 144 (Colo. 1972) 57:29.03[1][a] 

City of Albuquerque v. Browner, 97 F.3d 415 (10th Cir. 1996) 52:20.04[2] 

City of Albuquerque v. Reynolds, 379 P.2d 73 (N.M. 1962) 54:14.03[2] 

City of Boerne v. Flores, 521 U.S. 507 (1997) 54:12.02[2][e] 

City of Boulder v. The Boulder and Left Hand Ditch Co., 557 P.2d 1182 (Colo. 1977) 57:29.03 

City of Ketchikan v. Cape Fox Corp., 85 F.3d 1381 (9th Cir. 1996) 53:12.03[4][g][ii] 

City of Los Angeles v. City of Glendale, 142 P.2d 289 (Cal. 1943) 54:3.04[3][a] 

City of Los Angeles v. City of San Fernando, 537 P.2d 1250 (Cal. 1975) 54:3.04[3][a] 

City of Milwaukee v. Illinois, 451 U.S. 304 (1981) 52:21.07[2] 

City of Mishawaka v. Uniroyal Holding Inc., No.3:04-CV-125 RM, 2006 WL 163007 (N.D. Ind. Jan 19, 

2006) (unpublished) 54:9.04[2] 

City of Northglenn v. Grynberg, 846 P.2d 175 (Colo. 1993) 54:29.04[1] 

City of Olmstead Falls v. EPA, 233 F. Supp. 2d 890 (N.D. Ohio 2002) 50:23.03[2][a]

City of San Marcos v. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, 128 S.W.3d 264 (Tex. App. 2004) 

57:29.03 

City of Thornton v. Bijou Irrigation Co., 926 P.2d 1 (Colo. 1996) 56:7.03[2][b] 

Clear Channel v. Knupfer (In re PW, LLC), 391 B.R. 25 (B.A.P. 9th Cir. 2008) 55:33.04[4][b], [c] 

Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc., v. Knupfer (In re PW, LLC), 391 B.R. 25 (B.A.P. 9th Cir. 2008) 

56:17.04[4][b] 

CMS Gas Transmission Co. v. The Argentine Republic, 44 I.L.M. 1205 (2005) 53:24.06[2] 

Coastal Oil & Gas Corp. v. Garza Energy Trust, 268 S.W.3d 1 (Tex. 2008) 57:11.03[3][d] 

Coastal Oil & Gas Corp. v. Garza Energy Trust, No. 05-0466, 2008 WL 3991029 (Tex. Aug. 29, 2008) 

54:24.03[2] 

Coco v. Clark (Engineers) Ltd., [1969] R.P.C. 41, 47 (Ch.D.) 53:28.03[2] 

Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, 129 S. Ct. 2458 (2009) 56:19.02[1], [c][i]- 

[ii], .04, .05 

Coeur d’Alene Tribe v. ASARCO Inc., 280 F. Supp. 2d 1094 (D. Idaho 2003) 50:11.02[6][a], 15.04, 

15.04[3][a] - [g], 15.05[1] 

Coffindaffer v. Hope Natural Gas Co., 81 S.E. 966 (W. Va. 1914) 51:7.02[2][c] 

Colorado v. New Mexico, 459 U.S. 176 (1982), later proceedings, 467 U.S. 310 (1984) 52:21.06[2][f] 

Colorado Environmental Coalition, 165 IBLA 221, GFS(O&G) 15(2005) 54:10.04[3][b] 

Colorado Environmental Coalition v. Dombeck, 185 F.3d 1162 (10th Cir. 1999) 53:8.05[2][a] 

Colorado Water Conservation Board v. City of Central, 125 P.3d 424 (Colo. 2005) 56:9.05[3] 

Comer v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., No. 1:05CV436 LTD-RHW, 2006 WL 1066645 (S.D. Miss. 

Feb. 23, 2006) 52:10.02[2][c] 

Committee for Idaho’s High Desert, 159 IBLA 370, GFS(MISC) 22(2003) 51:8.05[2] 

Committee of Equity Security Holders v. The Lionel Corp. (In re Lionel Corp.), 722 F.2d 1063 (2d Cir. 

1983) 56:17.04[2] 

Committee to Save Mokelumne River v. East Bay Municipal Utility District, 13 F.3d 305 (9th Cir. 1993), 

cert. denied, 513 U.S. 873 (1994) 50:23.02[1][a][i] 

Community Ass’n for Restoration of the Environment v. Henry Bosma Dairy, 305 F.3d 943 (9th Cir. 

2002) 50:23.03[2][a] 

Conant v. Deep Creek & Curlew Valley Irrigation Co., 66 P. 188 (Utah 1901) 55:18.03[4] 

Cone v. Fagadau Energy Corp., 68 S.W.3d 147 (Tex. App.—Eastland 2001, reh’g denied) 50:7.03[1], 

[2], 7.10; 51:15.04[1]; 52:11.04, 11.12[1], 11.15[3]; 53:32.03[3] 

Connecticut v. American Electric Power Co., Nos. 1:04-CV-05669-LAP & 04-CV-05670-LP (S.D.N.Y. July 

21, 2004) 51:2.06 

Conrad v. Mattis, No. CV 0005959545 (Conn. Super. LEXIS 3594, Dec. 20, 2000) 51:22.06[2][a] 

Consolidated Edison Co. v. UGI Utilities, Inc., 423 F.3d 90 (2d Cir. 2005), cert. denied, 127 S. Ct. 2995 

(2007) 52:6.04[4][c]; 54:9.03[2] 

Consumers Energy Co., 87 FERC 61,150 (1999) 53:5.04[3][c] 

Continental Land Resources, 162 IBLA 1, GFS(O&G) 7(2004) 56:13.02[3] 

Continental Resources, Inc. v. Farrar Oil Co., 559 N.W.2d 841 (N.D. 1997) 55:8.03; 57:11.03[2][b] 

Continental Resources of Illinois, Inc. v. Illinois Methane, LLC, 847 N.E.2d 897 (Ill. Ct. App. 2006) 

55:26.03[3] 

Contra Costa Water District v. Vaquero Farms, Inc., 68 Cal. Rptr. 2d 272 (Cal. Ct. App. 1997) 55:9.06 

Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Aviall Services, Inc., 543 U.S. 157 (2004) 52:6.04[1], [3], 16.04; 54:9.01, .03[1] 

Corbello v. Iowa Production, 850 So. 2d 686 (La. 2003) 54:4.02[4] 

Coteau Properties Co. v. Department of Interior, 53 F.3d 1466 (8th Cir. 1995) 54:19.03[3], .05[2][a] 

Cotton Petroleum Corp. v. New Mexico, 490 U.S. 163 (1989) 50:12.08[2]

Courseview, Inc. v. Phillips Petroleum Co., 258 S.W.2d 391 (Tex. Civ. App.—Galveston 1953, writ ref’d 

n.r.e.) 52:27.02[1][d] 

Crea v. FMC Corp., 16 P.3d 272 (Idaho 2000) 51:6.02[4][a][v] 

Credit Lyonnais Bank Nederland, N.V. v. Pathe Communications Corp., Civ. A. No. 12150, 1991 WL 

277613 (Del. Ch. Dec. 30, 1991) (unpublished) 55:37.03[3][a] 

Cronin v. Sheldon, 991 P.2d 231(Ariz. 1999) 51:6.02[4][a][ii] 

CropLife America v. EPA, 329 F.3d 876 (D.C. Cir. 2003) 57:5.03[4], .05 

Crosby-Mississippi Resources, Ltd. v. Prosper Energy Corp., 974 F.2d 612 (5th Cir. 1992) 

56:18.04[2][e] 

Crowder v. Tri-C Resources, Inc., 821 S.W.2d 393 (Tex. App.—Houston 1991, n.w.h.) 52:27.02[1][a] 

Dale Young v. Great Plains Regional Director, BIA, 40 IBIA 261, 2005 WL 640912 (Mar. 7, 2005) 

51:8.05[2] 

D’Angelo v. Gardner, 819 P.2d 206 (Nev. 1991) 51:6.02[4][a][vii] 

Data General Corp. v. Digital Computer Controls, Inc., 357 A.2d 105 (Del. Ch. 1975) 53:28.04[2][c] 

Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993) 51:13.06[1] 

Davis v. TXO Production Corp., 929 F.2d 1515 (10th Cir. 1991) 52:11.03[2][c] 

Davis Mountains Trans-Pecos Heritage Ass’n v. FAA, No. 02-60288, 2004 WL 2295986 (5th Cir. Oct. 12, 

2004) (unpublished) 53:8.04[4] 

Davis Oil Co. v. Steamboat Petroleum Corp., 583 So. 2d 1139 (La. 1991) 56:18.04[2][c] 

Dayton Gold & Silver Mining Co. v. Seawell, No. 805, 1876 WL 4573 (Nev. 1876) 53:5.03[1] 

Del Rio Drilling Programs, Inc. v. United States, 35 Fed. Cl. 186 (1996) (Del Rio I), withdrawn by 37 Fed. 

Cl. 157 (1997) (Del Rio II), withdrawal reversed by 146 F.3d 1358 (Fed. Cir. 1998) (Del Rio III), 

reinstated by 46 Fed. Cl. 683 (2000) (Del Rio IV) 50:10.02[3][a] 

Denker v. Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp., 56 F.2d 725 (10th Cir. 1932) 55:23.02[2] 

Department of Transportation v. Public Citizen, 541 U.S. 752 (2004) 54:11.04[2] 

Desert Citizens Against Pollution v. Bisson, 231 F.3d 1172 (9th Cir. 2000) 51:8.05[1] 

Desormeaux v. Inexco Oil Co., 298 So. 2d 897 (La. Ct. App. 1974) 56:18.04[2][c] 

Devon Energy Corp. v. Kempthorne, 551 F.3d 1030 (D.C. Cir. 2008), cert. denied, 77 U.S.L.W. 3645 

(U.S. Oct. 5, 2009) 55:24.02 

Dietz v. Missouri Transfer Co., 25 P. 423 (Cal. 1890) 51:7.02[2][b] 

Dime Box Petroleum Corp. v. Louisiana Land & Exploration Co., 938 F.2d 1144 (10th Cir. 1991) 

52:11.03[2][d] 

Dimock v. Kadane, 100 S.W.3d 602 (Tex. Civ. App.—Eastland 2003) 52:11.18 




Dodge v. Cotter Corp., 328 F.3d 1212 (10th Cir. 2003) 51:13.06[2][c] 

Doe I v. Unocal Corp., 963 F. Supp. 880 (C.D. Cal. 1997), aff’d in part, 395 F.3d 932 (9th Cir. 2002), 

vacated, 403 F.3d 708 (9th Cir. 2005) 57:8.03[2][b] 

Doe I v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 572 F.3d 677 (9th Cir. 2009) 57:8.03[1][b] 

Doe VIII v. Exxon Mobil Corp., 658 F. Supp. 2d 131 (D.D.C. 2009) 57:8.03[1][a] 

Donnelly v. United States, 850 F.2d 1313 (9th Cir. 1988) 53:12.03[4][g][ii] 

Donovan v. Dewey, 452 U.S. 594 (1981) 53:14.02[2][d][i] 

Dooley v. Cordes, 434 P.2d 289 (Okla. 1967) 52:11.05[1] 

Dorsett v. Valence Operating Co., 111 S.W.3d 224 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2003, reh’g denied) 50:7.02; 

51:15.04[2] 

Drake International Ltd. v. Miller, (1975), 61 D.L.R. (3d) 420 (Ont. H.C.J.) 53:28.04[1][a]

Duhig v. Peavy-Moore Lumber Co., 144 S.W.2d 878 (Tex. 1940) 51:13.01 

Dumpor’s Case, 4 Coke 119b, 76 Eng. Rep. 1110 (K.B. 1578) 53:19.05[1] 

Duncan Energy Co. v. U.S. Forest Service, 50 F.3d 584 (8th Cir. 1995) 57:6.06[3][c] 

Duncan Land & Exploration, Inc. v. Littlepage, 984 S.W.2d 318 (Tex. App.—Ft. Worth 1998) 55:23.04[1] 

Duncan Oil Properties, Inc. v. Vastar Resources, Inc., 16 P.3d 465 (Okla. Ct. App. 2000) 52:11.08[3] 

Durkin v. Equifax Check Services, Inc., 406 F.3d 410 (7th Cir. 2005) 51:13.06[2][b] 

Duro v. Reina, 495 U.S. 676 (1990) 52:20.05[1] 

E.I. duPont de Nemours & Co. v. Christopher, 431 F.2d 1012 (5th Cir. 1970) 54:29.04[1] 

E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. v. United States, 460 F.3d 515 (3d Cir. 2006) 54:9.03[2] 

Earth Island Institute v. U.S. Forest Service, 351 F.3d 1291 (9th Cir. 2003) 51:11.04[6] 

Ecology Center, Inc. v. Austin, 430 F.3d 1057 (9th Cir. 2005), cert. denied, 127 S. Ct. 931 (2007) 

53:8.04[2], .05[5], .07 

Edwardsen v. Morton, 369 F. Supp. 1359 (D.D.C. 1973) 53:12.03[1][a][i], [1][b] 

Eel River Sawmills, Inc. v. United States, Docket Nos. ARPA 90-1; 90-2 (Aug. 10, 1992) 

56:14A.02[3][b], .04[2] 

Egeland v. Continental Resources, Inc., 616 N.W.2d 861 (N.D. 2000) 55:8.04[1] 

Einsig v. Pennsylvania Mines Corp., 452 A.2d 558 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1982) 55:32.06[2] 

El Paso Production Co. v. Valence Operating Co., 112 S.W.3d 616 (Tex. Ct. App.—Houston 2003) 

51:15.04[2] 

Eland Energy, Inc. v. Seagull Energy E&P, Inc., 135 S.W.3d 122 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2004, 

no pet. h.) 50:7.08; 51:15.04[5] 

Emerald Coal Resources, LP v. Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, EHB Docket No. 

2006-165-L, 2008 WL 4610058 (Pa. Env. Hrg. Bd. Oct. 1, 2008) 55:32.06[2] 

Emerald Resources Ltd. v. Sterling Oil Properties Management Ltd., 3 D.L.R. (3d) 630 (Alta. C.A.) (1969), 

aff’d on other grounds, (1970) 15 D.L.R. (3d) 256 (S.C.C.) 50:13.06[3] 

Emhart Industries, Inc. v. New England Container Co., 478 F. Supp. 2d 199 (D.R.I. 2007) 54:9.04[5][a] 

Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872 (1990) 

54:12.02[1][a] 

Enerquest Oil & Gas, LLC v. Asprodites, 843 So. 2d 535 (La. Ct. App. 2003) 53:33.06[8] 

English v. General Electric Co., 496 U.S. 72 (1990) 51:6.02[4][a][xi] 

ENI v. Samson Investment Co., 977 P.2d 1086 (Okla. 1999) 52:11.13[1] 

Environmental Defense Center, Inc. v. U.S. EPA, 344 F.3d 832 (9th Cir. 2003) 56:19.03[2] 

Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Massey, 986 F.2d 528 (D.C. Cir. 1993) 53:7.02[2], .03[2] 

Environmental Protection Information Center v. Blackwell, No. C-03-4396 EMC, 2004 WL 2324190 (N.D. 

Cal. Oct. 13, 2004) 51:11.04[1][b], [10] 

Environmental Protection Information Center v. Pacific Lumber Co., 469 F. Supp. 2d 803 (N.D. Cal. 2007) 

53:18.06 

Environmental Protection Information Center v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, No. C04-04647 CRB, 2005 

WL 3021939 (N.D. Cal. Nov. 10, 2005) (unreported) 54:11.05[1] 

EOG Resources, Inc. v. Chesapeake Louisiana, Civ. No. 07-1246, 2009 WL 891891 (W.D. La. Mar. 31, 

2009), rev’d & vacated, 605 F.3d 260 (5th Cir. 2010) 56:18.04[2][c] 

EOG Resources, Inc. v. Hanson Production Co., 94 S.W.3d 697 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2002) 


EP Operating Co. v. F.E.R.C., 876 F.2d 46 (5th Cir. 1989) 56:28.03[1][b][i], [iv] 

Equal Employment Opportunity Comm’n v. Arabian American Oil Co. (Aramco), 499 U.S. 244 (1991) 

53:7.02[1] 

Erickson v. Dart Oil & Gas Corp., 474 N.W.2d 150 (Mich. Ct. App. 1991) 55:23.03[3]

Erickson v. Rocco, 433 S.W.2d 746 (Tex. Civ. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 1968, writ ref’d n.r.e.) 


Esso Standard Oil Co. v. Jones, 98 So. 2d 236 (La. 1957) 57:28.03[2] 

Estate of Rodriquez v. Drummond Co., 256 F. Supp. 2d 1250 (N.D. Ala. 2003) 57:8.03[3][b][i] 

Estate of Steed v. New Escalante Irrigation Co., 846 P.2d 1223 (Utah 1992) 57:29.03[3][a] 

Estate of Tawney v. Columbia Natural Resources, L.L.C., 633 S.E.2d 22 (W. Va. 2006) 55:32.06[1] 

Exxon Corp., 97 IBLA 330, GFS(O&G) 59(1987) 56:13.02[3] 

Exxon Corp. v. Crosby-Mississippi Resources, Ltd., 775 F. Supp. 969 (S.D. Miss. 1991) 52:11.03 

Exxon Corp. v. Emerald Oil & Gas Co., No. 05-1076, 2009 WL 795668 (Tex. Mar. 27, 2009) 

55:23.05[1] 

Farmers Highline Canal & Reservoir Co. v. City of Golden, 272 P.2d 629 (Colo. 1954) 57:29.03, 

.03[1][b], .03[2] 

Farmland Industries, Inc., 23 FERC 61,063 (1983) 56:28.03[1][b] 

Federal Power Commission v. East Ohio Gas, 338 U.S. 464 (1950) 56:28.02[3][a], .03[2][b], [c][ii] 

Fiorentino v. Cabot Oil & Gas Corp., 750 F. Supp. 2d 506 (M.D. Pa. 2009) 57:13.03[3] 

Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. v. City of Lodi, 302 F.3d 928 (9th Cir. 2002) 54:9.04[4] 

First National Bank v. Kinabrew, 589 S.W.2d 137 (Tex. Civ. App. 1979) 50:21.03 

First National Bank & Trust Co. v. Sidwell Corp., 678 P.2d 118 (Kan. 1984) 52:27.02[1][d] 

Fishermen Against the Destruction of the Environment, Inc. v. Cloister Farms, Inc., 300 F.3d 1294 (11th 

Cir. 2002) 52:12.04[1][c] 

Flores v. Southern Peru Copper Corp., 414 F.3d 233 (2d Cir. 2003) 57:8.03[1][c] 

Foley Bros. v. Filardo, 336 U.S. 281 (1949) 53:7.02[1] 

Forest Guardians v. U.S. Forest Service, No. CIV. 01-330-TUC-CKJ (D. Ariz. Mar. 23, 2004) 

50:11.02[3][b] 

Forest Oil Corp. v. Union Oil Co., No. 3:05-CV-0078-RRB, 2006 WL 905345 (D. Alaska Apr. 7, 2006) 

53:32.04, .05[5] 

Foster v. State, 34 P.3d 1288 (Alaska 2001) 53:12.03[4][g][iii] 

Foundation Coal Resources Corp. v. Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, EHB Docket 

No. 2006-067–R, 2009 WL 692643 (Pa. Env. Hrg. Bd. Mar. 9, 2009) 55:32.06[2] 

Frame v. Smith, [1987] 2 S.C.R. 99 53:28.03[3] 

Frankfort Oil Co. v. Snakard, 279 F.2d 436 (10th Cir. 1960) 52:11.03[2][a] 

Freeland v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co., 47 A. 745 (Pa. 1901) 57:28.03[2][b][iii] 

French v. Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc., 439 S.W.2d 448 (Tex. Civ. App.—El Paso 1969, writ ref’d 

n.r.e.) 52:11.10[4] 

Friends of Santa Fe County v. LAC Minerals, Inc., 892 F. Supp. 1333 (D.N.M. 1995) 50:23.02[1][a][i] - 

[iii], 23.03[2][b][ii], [4] 

Friends of South Montezuma Valley v. Joyner, 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11820 (D. Colo. 2004) 

(unpublished) 54:10.06[2] 

Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness v. Dombeck, 164 F.3d 1115 (8th Cir. 1999) 53:8.05[5] 

Frost National Bank v. Matthews, 713 S.W.2d 365 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 1986, writ ref’d n.r.e.) 


Fuller v. Phillips Petroleum Co., 872 F.2d 655 (5th Cir. 1989) 52:11.12[3] 

Gabler v. Regent Development Corp., 470 So. 2d 149 (La. Ct. App. 1985) 52:10.04[2] 

Gadda v. Ashcroft, 377 F.3d 934 (9th Cir. 2004) 51:4.05[3] 

Gammill v. Jack Williams Chevrolet, Inc., 972 S.W.2d 713 (Tex. 1998) 51:13.06[2][a] 

Garman v. Conoco, Inc., 886 P.2d 652 (Colo. 1994) 50:21.04[1]; 51:13.04 

Gateway Realty Ltd. v. Arton Holdings Ltd., 106 N.S.R. (2d) 180 (N.S.S.C.) (1991) 50:13.05[2][s]

GATX Corp. v. Hawker Siddeley Canada Inc. (1996), 27 B.L.R. (2d) 251 (Ont. Gen. Div.) 56:4.08 

Gentile v. State Bar of Nevada, 501 U.S. 1030 (1991) 51:4.05[2] 

Geo Viking, Inc. v. Tex-Lee Operating Co., 817 S.W.2d 357 (Tex. Ct. App. 1991) 53:20.03[3][c], 

.05[1][a] 

Geodyne Energy Income Partnership v. The Newton Corp., 97 S.W.3d 779 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2005), 

rev’d on other grounds, 161 S.W.3d 482 (Tex. 2005) 53:31.04[3] 

Geo-Energy Partners-1983 Ltd., 177 IBLA 187, GFS(MISC) 11(2009) 55:6.04[2][a] 

Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. GAF Roofing Mfg. Corp., No. 93 Civ. 5125, 1996 WL 29392 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 25, 

1996) (unpublished) 55:34.06[2] 

Gerke Excavating, Inc. v. United States, 126 S. Ct. 2964 (2006) 52:12.04[1][d][i] 

Gerrity Oil & Gas Corp. v. Magness, 946 P.2d 913 (Colo. 1997) 51:7.02[2][d] 

Getty Oil Co. v. Jones, 470 S.W.2d 618 (Tex. 1971) 50:10.02[5][a][ii]; 51:7.02[2][d]; 54:29.03[2][a]; 

55:9.04[2] 

Getty Oil Co. v. Royal, 422 S.W.2d 591 (Tex. Civ. App. 1967) 51:7.02[2][d] 

Geyer Bros. Equipment Co. v. Standard Resources, LLC, 140 P.3d 563 (Okla. Ct. App. 2006) 

55:23.02[2] 

Gifford Pinchot Task Force v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 378 F.3d 1059 (9th Cir. 2004) 55:10.06[4] 

Glamis Gold Ltd. v. United States, http://www.state.gov/s/l/c10986.htm 54:27.01 

Glamis Gold Ltd. v. United States of America, NAFTA/UNCITRAL, Award (June 8, 2009) 56:12.05 

Glimmer Resources Inc. v. Exall Resources Ltd. [1997], O.J. No. 3085 (Ont. Gen. Div.) 56:4.08 

Golden Valley Electric Ass’n (On Reconsideration), 98 IBLA 203, GFS(MISC) 60(1987) 

53:12.03[4][g][iii] 

Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficente Uniao Do Vegetal, 546 U.S. 418 (2006) 54:12.02[2][e] 

Good Samaritan Hospital v. Shalala, 508 U.S. 402 (1993) 54:10.04[2] 

Gordon v. Crown Central Petroleum Co., 679 S.W.2d 192 (Ark. 1984) 53:33.04[3] 

Gorenflo v. Texaco, Inc., 566 F. Supp. 722 (M.D. La. 1983) 53:33.05[2][a] 

Great Basin Mine Watch, 159 IBLA 324, GFS(MIN) 23(2003) 51:8.05[2] 

Great Basin Mine Watch, 160 IBLA 340, GFS(MIN) 8(2004) 54:10.06[1] 

Greenfield Mills, Inc. v. O’Bannon, 189 F. Supp. 2d 893 (N.D. Ind. 2002) 50:23.02[1][a][i] 

Gregg v. Delhi-Taylor Oil Corp., 344 S.W.2d 411 (Tex. 1961) 53:20.01, .03[3][a]; 54:24.03[1] 

Grimes v. Goodman Drilling Co., 216 S.W. 202 (Tex. Civ. App.—Fort Worth 1919, writ dism’d) 

55:9.04[1] 

Grimes v. La Gloria Corp., 251 S.W.2d 755 (Tex. Civ. App.—San Antonio 1952, no writ) 53:33.03[3] 

Grimes v. Walsh & Watts, Inc., 649 S.W.2d 724 (Tex. App.—El Paso 1983, writ ref’d n.r.e.) 


Grynberg v. City of Northglenn, 739 P.2d 230 (Colo. 1987) 54:24.02[1][e][i], 29.03[1], .04[1] 

Grynberg v. Waltman, 946 P.2d 473 (Colo. Ct. App. 1996) 50:21.06 

GT & MC, Inc. v. Texas City Refining, Inc., 822 S.W.2d 252 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1991, writ 

denied) 52:10.03[1][b] 

Gulf Oil Corp. v. Reid, 337 S.W.2d 267 (Tex. 1960) 50:19.03[3][a] 

Gwaltney v. Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc., 484 U.S. 49 (1987) 50:23.03[1] 

Hackberry LNG Terminal, L.L.C., 101 FERC 61,294 (2002), Order on Rehearing, Cameron LNG, L.L.C., 

104 FERC 61,269 (2003) 52:7.05 

Hagy v. Equitable Production Co., No. 2:10-cv-01372 (S.D. W. Va. filed Dec. 10, 2010) 57:13.03[9] 

Haida Nation v. British Columbia (Minister of Forests), [2004] 3 S.C.R. 511 56:5B.03[1], .06[2] 

Hakala v. Atxam Corp., 753 P.2d 1144 (Alaska 1988) 53:12.03[4][g][ii]

Hale v. Norton, 437 F.3d 893 (9th Cir. 2006) 52:9.02[4][d] 

Hall v. JFW, Inc., 893 P.2d 837 (Kan. 1995) 55:23.03[1] 

Hamilton v. Texas Oil & Gas Corp., 648 S.W.2d 316 (Tex. Civ. App.—El Paso 1982, writ ref’d n.r.e.) 

51:15.04[1]; 52:11.03[3][a], 11.10[9] 

Hammond v. Norton, 370 F. Supp. 2d 226 (D.C. Cir. 2005) 51:11.04[8] 

Hancock Oil Co. v. Meeker-Garner Oil Co., 257 P.2d 988 (Cal. Ct. App. 1953) 55:8.02 

Hanover Petroleum Corp. v. Tenneco Inc., 521 So. 2d 1234 (La. Ct. App. 1988) 52:10.04[1][c] 

Harding & Shelton, Inc. v. Prospective Investment & Trading Co., 123 P.3d 56 (Okla. Civ. App. 2005) 

53:33.06[5] 

Harelson v. BLM, 27 OHA 227, Docket No. ARPA 97-1 (Dec. 6, 2002) 56:14A.02[3][b], .04[2] 

Harlan Land Co. v. U.S. Department of Agriculture, 186 F. Supp. 2d 1076 (E.D. Cal. 2001) 52:5.02[8] 

Harmon Industries, Inc. v. Browner, 191 F.3d 894 (8th Cir. 1999) 50:23.03[2][b][iii] 

Harrell v. Samson Resources Co., 980 P.2d. 99 (Okla. 1998) 52:11.11[1] 

Harris v. Devon Energy Production Co., L.P., No. 4:10-cv-00708 (E.D. Tex. filed Dec. 27, 2010) 

57:13.03[11] 

Hartford Fire Insurance Co. v. California, 509 U.S. 764 (1993) 53:7.02[2] 

Hartman v. Texaco, Inc., 937 P.2d 979 (N.M. Ct. App. 1997) 54:24.02[1][d] 

Hay v. Shell Oil Co., 986 S.W.2d 772 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 1999, pet. denied) 53:33.06[11] 

Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States, 379 U.S. 241 (1964) 54:19.03[1] 

Hegarty v. Board of Oil, Gas & Mining, 57 P.3d 1042 (Utah 2002) 54:6.09[2]; 56:18.04[2][n] 

Heinkel-Wolfe v. Williams Production Co., LLC, No. 2010-40355-362 (362nd Dist. Ct., Denton Cnty., Tex. 

filed Nov. 3, 2010) 57:13.03[8] 

Henderson Co. v. Murphy, 70 S.W.2d 1036 (Ark. 1934) 50:21.04[2] 

Heritage Resources, Inc. v. Anschutz Corp., 689 S.W.2d 952 (Tex. App.—El Paso, 1985, writ ref’d 

n.r.e.) 52:27.02[1][e] 

Hill v. Heritage Resources, Inc., 964 S.W.2d 89 (Tex. Civ. App.—El Paso 1997, no writ) 52:11.10[6] 

Hinderlider v. La Plata River & Cherry Creek Ditch Co., 304 U.S. 92 (1938) 55:18.05, .05[1] 

Hodel v. Indiana, 452 U.S. 314 (1981) 54:19.03, .03[1] 

Hodel v. Virginia Surface Mining & Reclamation Ass’n, 452 U.S. 264 (1981) 54:19.03, .03[1] 

Holcombe v. Superior Oil Co., 35 So. 2d 457 (La. 1948) 54:29.03[2][b] 

Holloway v. Atlantic Richfield Co., 970 S.W.2d 641 (Tex. Civ. App.—Tyler 1998, no writ) 52:11.11[2] 

Holt Oil & Gas Corp. v. Harvey, 801 F.2d 773 (5th Cir. 1986) 52:11.10[1] 

Howell v. Cooperative Refinery Ass’n, 271 P.2d 271 (Kan. 1954) 50:21.02[3] 

Howmet Corp. v. EPA, 614 F.3d 544 (D.C. Cir. 2010) 57:22.09[3] 

HS Resources, Inc. v. Wingate, 327 F.3d 432 (5th Cir. 2003) 53:33.04[2] 

Hubbard v. Washington, 936 P.2d 27 (Wash. App. Div. 3 1997) 54:14.03[1] 

Huggs, Inc. v. LPC Energy, Inc., 889 F.2d 649 (5th Cir. 1989) 52:11.05[2] 

Hughes River Watershed Conservancy v. Glickman, 81 F.3d 437 (4th Cir. 1996) 53:8.04[4] 

Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. L & G Oil Co., 259 S.W.2d 933 (Tex. Civ. App.—Austin 1953, writ ref’d 

n.r.e.) 54:24.04[2][a]; 55:8.02 

Hunt v. Blackburn, 128 U.S. 464 (1888) 51:4.02[1] 

Hunt Oil Co. v. Kerbaugh, 283 N.W.2d 131 (N.D. 1979) 54:29.03[2][a] 

Hydro Resources, Inc. v. U.S. EPA, 608 F.3d 1131 (10th Cir. 2010) 56:5A.02[2] 

Hydrocarbon Management, Inc. v. Tracker Exploration, Inc., 861 S.W.2d 427 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 1993, 

no writ) 52:10.03[1][c] 

Idaho v. Bunker Hill Co., 635 F. Supp. 665 (D. Idaho 1986) 50:15.03[3][c]

Idaho v. Hanna Mining Co., 882 F.2d 392 (9th Cir. 1989) 50:15.03[3][d] 

Idaho v. Oregon, 444 U.S. 380 (1980) 52:21.03[2][a] 

Idaho v. Oregon, 462 U.S. 1017 (1983) 52:21.06[2][f] 

Idaho Conservation League v. Mumma, 956 F.2d 1508 (9th Cir. 1992) 51:11.04[1], [3] 

Idaho Sporting Congress v. Thomas, 137 F.3d 1146 (9th Cir. 1998) 53:8.05[1][b] 

IMCO Oil & Gas Co. v. Mitchell Energy Corp., 911 S.W.2d 916 (Tex. Civ. App.—Fort Worth 1995, no 


In re Acushnet River & New Bedford Harbor Proceedings, 716 F. Supp. 676 (D. Mass. 1989) 

50:15.04[3][a], 15.05[1] 

In re American Coastal Energy, Inc., 399 B.R. 805 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. 2009) 55:33.04[5][g] 

In re Bailey, 217 B.R. 523 (Bankr. E.D. Tex. 1997) 55:33.04[1][b] 

In re Baker Hughes Inc., SEC AAE Rel. No. 1444 (Sept. 12, 2001) 51:3.02[1][f][i] 

In re Beker Industries Corp., 63 B.R. 474 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1986) 56:17.04[4][b] 

In re Caflisch v. Crotty, 774 N.Y.S.2d 653 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2003) 56:18.04[2][j] 

In re Chrysler LLC, 405 B.R. 84 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2009), aff’d, 576 F.3d 108 (2d Cir. 2009), rev’d on other 

grounds, Indiana State Police Pension Trust v. Chrysler LLC, 130 S. Ct. 1015 (2009) 56:17.02 

In re Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. Billing Practices Litigation, 293 F.3d 289 (6th Cir. 2002) 

51:4.07[3] 

In re Commonwealth Oil Refining Co., 596 F.2d 1239 (5th Cir. 1979) 55:37.05[4][b] 

In re Delaware & Hudson Railway Co., 124 B.R. 169 (D. Del. 1991) 56:17.04[2] 

In re Environmental Waste Control, Inc., 125 B.R. 546 (Bankr. N.D. Ind. 1991) 55:33.04[5][e] 

In re Fleming Companies, Inc., 325 B.R. 687 (Bankr. D. Del. 2005) 55:33.04[1][c] 

In re Gandy, 299 F.3d 489 (5th Cir. 2002) 55:33.04[1][a]-[b] 

In re GE InVision, Inc., SEC Exch. Act Rel. No. 51199 & Acctg. Rel. No. 2186 (Feb. 14, 2005) 

51:3.02[1][f][i] 

In re General Adjudication of All Rights to Use Water in Gila River System & Source, 857 P.2d 1236 (Ariz. 

1993) 54:14.04[1][b] 

In re General Motors Corp., 407 B.R. 463 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2009) 56:17.02 

In re Grand Jury Investigation, 399 F.3d 527 (2d Cir. 2005) 51:4.02[4] 

In re Gulf Coast Oil Corp., 404 B.R. 407 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. 2009) 56:17.02, .04[3] 

In re H.L.S. Energy Co., 151 F.3d 434 (5th Cir. 1998) 55:33.04[5][d] 

In re Hemphill Bus Sales, Inc., 259 B.R. 865 (Bankr. E.D. Tex. 2001) 55:33.04[1][b] 

In re Hillsborough Holdings Corp., 207 B.R. 299 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1997) 55:26.03[3] 

In re IBM, Exch. Act Rel. No. 34-43761 (Dec. 21, 2000) 51:3.02[1][d][ii] 

In re Jolan, Inc., 403 B.R. 866 (Bankr. W.D. Wash. 2009) 55:33.04[4][c] 

In re Kohlman, 263 N.W.2d 674 (S.D. 1978) 56:18.04[1][f] 

In re Mahan & Rowsey, Inc., 817 F.2d 682 (10th Cir. 1987) 52:11.03[1][b] 

In re McCrory, 188 B.R. 763 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1995) 55:33.04[5][f][i] 

In re Natural Gas Royalties Qui Tam Litigation, 562 F.3d 1023 (10th Cir. 2009), withdrawn & superseded 

by 566 F.3d 956 (10th Cir. 2009) 55:24.05[2][a] 

In re Natural Gas Royalties Qui Tam Litigation, 562 F.3d 1032 (10th Cir. 2009) 55:24.05[2][b] 

In re Operation of the Missouri River System Litigation, 363 F. Supp. 2d 1145 (D. Minn. 2004), aff’d in 

part, 421 F.3d 618 (8th Cir. 2005) 54:11.04[2] 

In re Pacific Coast Molybdenum Co., 75 IBLA 16, GFS(MIN) 196(1983) 52:18.05[2], [8] 

In re Pacific Lumber Co., 584 F.3d 229 (5th Cir. 2009) 56:17.12[2] 

In re Petition of Cleveland Tankers, Inc., 791 F. Supp. 669 (E.D. Mich. 1992) 51:17B.03[2]

In re Philadelphia Newspapers, LLC, 599 F.3d 298 (3d Cir. 2010) 56:17.12[2] 

In re Sealed Case, 666 F. Supp. 231 (D.D.C. 1987) 52:5.02[4] 

In re SemCrude, L.P., 407 B.R. 82 (Bankr. D. Del. 2009) 56:27.05[1] 

In re SemCrude, L.P., 407 B.R. 112 (Bankr. D. Del 2009) 55:33.04[3][b] 

In re SemCrude, L.P., 407 B.R. 140 (Bankr. D. Del 2009) 55:33.04[3][b] 

In re Senior-G & A Operating Co. v. Aguillard, 957 F.2d 1290 (5th Cir. 1992) 50:21.06 

In re SI Restructuring, Inc., 532 F.3d 355 (5th Cir. 2008) 55:37.04[2] 

In re Tri-Union Development Corp., 314 B.R. 611 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. 2004) 55:33.04[5][f][iii] 

In re Vioxx Products Liability Litigation, 501 F. Supp. 2d 789 (E.D. La. 2007) 55:34.01[1], .03[1]-[3], .04 

In re Volkswagen of America, Inc., 545 F.3d 304 (5th Cir. 2008) 55:37.05[3], .05[4], .05[4][a]-[c], .07 

In re Wegner Farms Co., 49 B.R. 440 (Bankr. N.D. Iowa 1985) 56:27.03[6] 

In re Western Land Services, Inc. v. Department of Environmental Conservation, 804 N.Y.S.2d 465 (N.Y. 

App. Div. 2005) 56:18.04[2][j] 

In re Wilson, 69 B.R. 960 (Bankr. N.D. Tex. 1987) 55:33.04[2][a]-[b] 

International Corona Resources Ltd. v. Lac Minerals Ltd., [1989] 2 S.C.R. 574, 61 D.L.R. (4th) 14 

55:38.04[1] 

International Salt Co. v. Geostow, 697 F. Supp. 1258 (W.D.N.Y. 1988) 54:3.04[1][a] 

Inupiat Community v. United States, 746 F.2d 570 (9th Cir. 1984) 53:12.03[1][b] 

IP Petroleum Co. v. Wevanco Energy, L.L.C., 116 S.W.3d 888 (Tex. Civ. App.—Houston 2003) 

50:7.03[1]; 51:15.04[1]; 52:11.04; 53:32.03[3] 

IPAA v. DeWitt, 279 F.3d 1036 (D.C. Cir. 2002), cert. denied, 537 U.S. 1105 (2003) 50:11.03[10]; 

55:24.02 

Isaac v. Cook, 44 C.B.R. (N.S.) 39 (NWT S.C.) (1982) 50:13.06[1] 

ITT Industries, Inc. v. Borgwarner, Inc., No. 1:05-CV-674, 2006 WL 2460793 (W.D. Mich. Aug. 23, 2006) 

(unpublished) 54:9.04[5][b] 

Jackhill Oil Co. v. Powell Production, Inc., 532 N.W.2d 866 (Mich. Ct. App. 1995) 52:11.10[2] 

Jackson v. Farmer, 594 P.2d 177 (Kan. 1979) 51:14.05 

Johnson v. Calpine Corp., No. Civ. A. 02-2242, 2002 WL 31640484 (E.D. La. Nov. 20, 2002) 

50:23.03[2][b][iii] 

Johnson v. Kell, 626 N.E.2d 1002 (Ohio Ct. App. 1993) 56:18.04[2][l] 

Johnson v. McIntosh, 21 U.S. (8 Wheat.) 543 (1823) 50:12.02 

Johnston v. American Cometra, Inc., 837 S.W.2d 711 (Tex. Civ. App.—Austin 1992, writ denied) 

50:7.09[1]; 52:11.03[3][a] 

Jones v. Killingsworth, 403 S.W.2d 325 (Tex. 1966) 55:8.03 

Joseph v. Holder, 579 F.3d 827 (7th Cir. 2009) 56:19.02[1][c][ii], .05 

Justheim Petroleum Co. v. Department of the Interior, 769 F.2d 668 (10th Cir. 1985) 56:13.02[4] 

Kaiser Aluminum Exploration Co. v. Celeron Oil & Gas Co., 526 So. 2d 374 (La. Ct. App. 1988) 


Kansas v. Colorado, 129 S. Ct. 1294 (2009) 55:18.02[3][d], .04[2][e], .05[3] 

Kansas v. Colorado, 185 U.S. 125 (1902) 55:18.02[2], [3][b], .03[1], .04[2][a] 

Kansas v. Colorado, 514 U.S. 673 (1995) 52:21.06[2][e]; 55:18.04[2][e] 

Kansas v. Nebraska, 530 U.S. 1272 (2000) 55:18.04[2][d] 

Kansas v. Nebraska, 538 U.S. 720 (2003) 52:21.09[2]; 55:18.04[2][d], [3] 

Kansas Public Employees Retirement System v. Kutak Rock, 44 P.3d 407 (Kan. 2002) 57:19.04[2] 

Karaha Bodas Co. v. Perusahaan Pertambangan Minyak Dan Gas Bumi Negara, 364 F.3d 274 (5th Cir. 

2004) 50:8.06[2][c]

Katter v. Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co., 765 F.2d 730 (8th Cir. 1985) 56:18.04[1][b] 

Katzenbach v. McClung, 379 U.S. 294 (1964) 54:19.03[1] 

Keaty v. Freeport Indonesia, Inc., 503 F.2d 955 (5th Cir. 1974) 50:8.08[3] 

Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. 469 (2005) 53:5.01[1],[2], .02 

Kendall’s Concerned Area Residents, 129 IBLA 130, GFS(MIN) 25(1994) 54:10.04[1], .06[1] 

Kennedy v. General Geophysical Co., 213 S.W.2d 707 (Tex. Civ. App.—Galveston 1948, writ ref’d n.r.e.) 

54:24.02[1][e][ii], 29.03[2][c] 

Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Inc. v. Rivenburgh, 204 F. Supp. 2d 927 (S.D. W.Va. 2002) 

52:12.04[5][d]; 56:19.03[1] 

Kentuckians for the Commonweath, Inc. v. Rivenburgh, 317 F.3d 425 (4th Cir. 2003), motion to file 

supplemental complaint denied, 269 F. Supp. 2d 710 (S.D. W. Va. 2003) 50:23.01, 23.02[1][a][ii] 

Kentuckians for the Commonweath, Inc. v. Rivenburgh, 32 Envtl. L. Rep. 20,588 (S.D. W. Va. 2002) 

50:23.02[1][a][ii] 

Kern v. U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 284 F.3d 1062 (9th Cir. 2002) 51:11.04[1][b], [4], [5] 

Kerr-McGee Corp. v. Helton, 133 S.W.3d 245 (Tex. 2004) 51:13.06[2][d] 

Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Corp. v. Allred, No. 2:06 CV 0439, 2007 WL 3231634 (W.D. La. Oct. 30, 2007) 

55:24.03[3] 

Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Corp. v. U.S. Department of the Interior, 554 F.3d 1082 (5th Cir. 2009) 

55:24.03[3] 

Key Tronic Corp. v. United States, 511 U.S. 809 (1994) 52:6.04[4][c]; 54:9.03[3] 

Kile v. Amerada Petroleum Corp., 247 P. 681 (Okla. 1925) 50:21.04[2] 

King v. Strohe, 673 So. 2d 1329 (La. Ct. App. 1996) 56:18.04[2][c] 

Kinney-Coastal Oil Co. v. Kieffer, 277 U.S. 488 (1928) 50:10.02[2][a], 10.04[3][d]; 51:7.02[3][b][i] 

Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center v. Boody, 468 F.3d 549 (9th Cir. 2006) 54:11.05[1] 

Kleppe v. Sierra Club, 427 U.S. 390 (1976) 51:11.04[6] 

Kodiak 1981 Drilling Partnership v. Delhi Gas Pipeline Corp., 736 S.W.2d 715 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 

1987, writ ref’d n.r.e.) 52:10.03[1][c] 

Koger v. ASARCO, No. 02-CV-520-H (N.D. Okla. July 11, 2003) 50:11.02[6][b] 

Komarec v. Perrine, 382 P.2d 748 (Okla. 1963) 52:11.18 

Koniag, Inc. v. Koncor Forest Resource, 39 F.3d 991 (9th Cir. 1994) 53:12.03[4][b] 

Kumho Tire Co., Ltd. v. Carmichael, 526 U.S. 137 (1999) 51:13.06[1] 

Kysar v. Amoco Production Co., 379 F.3d 1150 (10th Cir. 2004) 53:33.06[1] 

LAC Minerals Ltd. v. International Corona Resources Ltd., [1989] 2 S.C.R. 574 53:28.02, .03[2]-[3] 

Lancaster v. Petroleum Corp. of Delaware, 491 So. 2d 768 (La. Ct. App. 1986) 52:11.07[1] 

Landreth v. Melendez, 948 S.W.2d 76 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 1997) 50:10.02[5][a][ii] 

Lands Council v. McNair, 494 F.3d 771 (9th Cir. 2007) 53:8.04[3], .05[4][b] 

Lands Council v. Powell, 379 F.3d 738 (9th Cir. 2004), amended & superseded by 395 F.3d 1019 (9th 

Cir. 2005) 51:11.04[7]; 53:8.04[2], .05[3][b] 

Larsen v. Oil & Gas Conservation Commission, 569 P.2d 87 (Wyo. 1977) 56:18.04[2][o] 

LaSalle Bank National Ass=n v. Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., 209 F.R.D. 112 (D. Md. 2002) 

51:4.07[3] 

Lawrence v. Cooper Independent Theatres, 276 P.2d 350 (Kan. 1954) 51:13.05[1][a] 

Layne Louisiana Co. v. Superior Oil Co., 26 So. 2d 20 (La. 1946) 54:29.03, .03[2][b] 

League of Wilderness Defenders/Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project v. Forsgren, 309 F.3d 1181 (9th Cir. 

2002) 50:23.02[1][a][i] 

LeBar v. Haynie, 552 P.2d 1107 (Wyo. 1976) 55:23.04[1]

Leck v. Continental Oil Co., 800 P.2d 224 (Okla. 1989) 52:11.03[1][a] 

Legal Environmental Assistance Foundation, Inc. (LEAF) v. EPA, 118 F.3d 1467 (11th Cir. 1997) 


Leis v. Flynt, 439 U.S. 438 (1979) 51:4.05[1] 

Lerblance v. Continental Oil Co., 437 F. Supp. 223 (E.D. Okla. 1976) 52:11.09 

Levin v. Maw Oil and Gas, LLC, No. 07 CV 166 (D. Ct. Miami County, Kan. 2007) 55:23.02[3] 

Levin v. Maw Oil & Gas, LLC, 234 P.3d 805 (Kan. 2010) 57:26.02[3] 

Licea v. Curaçao Drydock Co., 584 F. Supp. 2d 1355 (S.D. Fla. 2008) 57:8.03[3][a][iv] 

Lillibridge v. Mesa Petroleum Co., 907 F.2d 1031 (10th Cir. 1990) 50:21.02[3] 

Lindquist v. Arkansas Oil & Gas Commission, No. CA99-1306, 2000 WL 696414 (Ark. Ct. App. May 31, 

2000) (unpublished) 56:18.04[1][b] 

LKA International, Inc., 175 IBLA 225, GFS(MIN) 28(2008) 54:10.04[2] 

Lobo Exploration Co. v. Amoco Production Co., 991 P.2d 1048 (Okla. Ct. App. 1999), cert. denied, 529 

U.S. 1124 (2000) 51:15.03[1] 

Lockett v. EPA, 319 F.3d 678 (5th Cir. 2003), aff’g 176 F. Supp. 2d 629 (E.D. La. 2001) 50:23.03[2][b][ii] 

Logan v. Blaxton, 71 So. 2d 675 (La. Ct. App. 1954) 52:10.04[1][c] 

Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, 343 F. Supp. 2d 989 (D. Kan. 

2004) 51:13.06[2][b] 

Long Island Care at Home, Ltd. v. Coke, 551 U.S. 158 (2007) 56:19.02[1][c][ii], .05 

Louisiana v. Mississippi, 466 U.S. 96 (1984) 57:28.03[1][a] 

Louisiana Wildlife Federation v. York, 761 F.2d 1044 (5th Cir. 1985) 53:8.07 

LPCX Corp. v. Faulkner, 818 P.2d 431 (Okla. 1991) 52:11.15[1] 

Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council, 505 U.S. 1003 (1992) 50:18.03[7][b][i] 

Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555 (1992) 53:7.02[1] 

Lujan v. National Wildlife Federation, 497 U.S. 871 (1990) 50:3B.03[1][b], 11.02[1]; 51:11.04[3] 

Lundin/Weber Co. LLC v. Brea Oil Co., 11 Cal. Rptr. 3d 768 (Cal. Ct. App. 2004) 55:23.05[2][a], [3] 

Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association, 485 U.S. 439 (1988) 54:12.02[1][a] 

M/S Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Co., 407 U.S. 1 (1972) 50:8.08[1] 

MacClarence v. U.S. EPA, 596 F.3d 1123 (9th Cir. 2010) 56:20.05[1] 

Manufacturers’ Gas & Oil Co. v. Indiana Natural Gas & Oil Co., 57 N.E. 912 (Ind. 1900) 54:6.06[2],[3] 

Manzano Oil Corp. v. Chesapeake Operating, Inc., 178 F. Supp. 2d 1217 (D.N.M. 2001) 55:8.03 

Marcel v. Placid Oil Co., 11 F.3d 563 (5th Cir. 1994) 57:12.04[2][d] 

Maring v. Nalbone, No. K12009001499 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Aug. 27, 2009) 57:13.03[1] 

Marsh v. Oregon Natural Resources Council, 490 U.S. 360 (1989) 50:11.02[1]; 57:1.02[3] 

Martin Exploration Co. v. Amoco Production Co., 637 So. 2d 1202 (La. Ct. App. 1994) 52:11.16[1] 

Massachusetts v. EPA, 415 F.3d 50 (D.C. Cir. 2005) 51:2.03[3], 2.06 

Massachusetts v. EPA, 549 U.S. 497 (2007) 55:10.03, .05[2], 55:26.02[2][a] 

Matrix Production Co. v. Ricks Exploration, Inc., 102 P.3d 1285 (N.M. Ct. App. 2004) 51:15.04[1] 

MBank Abilene, N.A. v. Westwood Energy, Inc., 723 S.W.2d 246 (Tex. Civ. App.—Eastland 1986, no 


McAbee v. City of Fort Payne, 318 F.3d 1248 (11th Cir. 2003) 50:23.03[2][b][ii] 

McDonald v. Clark, 771 F.2d 460 (10th Cir. 1985) 56:13.02[4] 

McKennon v. Nashville Banner Publishing Co., 513 U.S. 352 (1995) 51:6.02[1][e][ii] 

McKesson HBOC, Inc. v. Superior Court, 9 Cal. Rptr. 3d 812 (Cal. Ct. App. 2004) 51:4.07[3] 

McNeill v. Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Co., 182 P.3d 121 (N.M. 2008) 54:4.02[4]

McWilliams v. Masterson, 112 S.W.3d 314 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 2003, pet. denied) 52:10.03[2] 

Meidinger v. Koniag, Inc., 31 P.3d 77 (Alaska 2001) 53:12.03[5] 

Merrill Lynch & Co. v. Allegheny Energy, Inc., No. 02 Civ. 7689(HB), 2004 WL 2389822 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 

26, 2004) 51:4.07[3] 

Metalclad Corp. v. United Mexican States, ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/97/1 (Award) (Aug. 30, 2000) 

54:27.04[1] 

Metalclad Corp. v. United Mexican States, 40 I.L.M. 36 (2001) 53:24.06[2] 

Metropolitan Denver Sewage Disposal Dist. No. 1 v. Farmers Reservoir and Irrigation Co., 499 P.2d 1190 

(Colo. 1972) 57:29.03[1][b] 

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District v. North American Galvanizing & Coatings, Inc., 473 F.3d 824 

(7th Cir. 2007) 54:9.03[2] 

Micelli v. Andrus, 120 P. 737 (Or. 1912) 57:28.03[1][a] 

Michael L. Carver, 163 IBLA 77, GFS(MIN) 34(2004) 51:8.05[2] 

Michigan Gambling Opposition v. Norton, 477 F. Supp. 2d 1 (D. D.C. 2007) 55:14.03[3][a] 

Midlantic National Bank v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, 474 U.S. 494 (1986) 

55:33.04[5][d] 

Mid-Tex Electric Co-op., Inc. v. F.E.R.C., 773 F.2d 327 (D.C. 1985) 52:5.02[2] 

Mikisew Cree First Nation v. Canada (Minister of Canadian Heritage), [2005] 3 S.C.R. 388 56:5B.03[1] 

Miller v. United States, 159 F.2d 997 (9th Cir. 1947) 53:12.03[1][a][i] 

Minard Run Oil Co. v. U.S. Forest Service (Minard Run II), No. 09-125 Erie, 2009 WL 4937785 (W.D. Pa. 

Dec. 15, 2009) 57:6.06[3][d]; 57:27.02[2][b] 

Minera Aquiline Argentina S. A. v. IMA Exploration Inc., (2006), 58 B.C.L.R. (4th) 217 (B.C.S.C.), aff’d, 

2007 BCCA 319 (B.C.C.A.) 53:28.01, .02, .02[1]-[3], .04[7]; 55:38.04[2] 

Mineral Policy Center v. Norton, 292 F. Supp. 2d 30 (D.D.C. 2003) 50:11.02[5][b], 11.03[7]; 54:10.03[1], 

.06[2] 

Mingo Oil Producers v. Kamp Cattle Co., 776 P.2d 736 (Wyo. 1989) 50:10.02[5][a][ii]; 51:7.02[2][d] 

Mission Resources, Inc. v. Garza Energy Trust, 166 S.W.3d 301 (Tex. Ct. App. 2005) 53:20.01, 

.03[3][d] 

Mississippi River Revival, Inc. v. City of St. Paul, 33 Envtl. L. Rep. 20,131 (D. Minn. 2002) 

50:23.03[2][b][iv] 

Mitchell v. Encana Oil & Gas (USA), Inc., No. 3:10-cv-02555 (N.D. Tex. filed Dec. 15, 2010) 

57:13.03[10] 

Mittelstaedt v. Santa Fe Minerals, Inc., 954 P.2d 1203 (Okla. 1998) 50:19.02[4][d]; 51:13.04 

Mobil Producing Texas & New Mexico, Inc. v. Cantor, 93 S.W.3d 916 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 2002) 

51:15.04[2] 

Molycorp, Inc. v. EPA, 197 F.3d 543 (D.C. Cir. 1999) 57:22.06[1] 

Moncrief v. Harvey, 816 P.2d 97 (Wyo. 1991) 50:21.05 

Montana v. Atlantic Richfield Co., 266 F. Supp. 2d 1238 (D. Mont. 2003) 50:15.04, 15.04[2], [3][a] 

Montana v. EPA, 137 F.3d 1135 (9th Cir. 1998) 52:20.04[3] 

Montana v. United States, 450 U.S. 544 (1981) 50:12.07; 52:20.02[1], 20.05[1] 

Montana v. Wyoming & North Dakota, No. 137, Orig., U.S. Sup. Ct., 2007 WL 4947613 (Jan. 31, 2007) 

55:18.03[2][c], .04[2][f] 

Montana v. Wyoming, 128 S. Ct. 1332 (2008) 55:18.04[2][f] 

Montana v. Wyoming, 129 S. Ct. 480 (2008) 55:18.04[2][f] 

Montana v. Wyoming, 131 S. Ct. 1765 (2011) 57:29.03[3][b] 

Montana Wilderness Ass’n v. U.S. Forest Service, 655 F.2d 951 (9th Cir. 1981) 52:9.02[4][a] 

Moser v. U.S. Steel Corp., 676 S.W.2d 99 (Tex. 1984) 55:27.03[1], .06

Mount Royal Joint Venture, 153 IBLA 90, GFS(MIN) 31(2000) 54:10.04[1] 

Mountain Fuel Supply Co. v. Chorney Oil Co., 335 F. Supp. 59 (D. Wyo. 1971) 52:27.02[1][b] 

Mountain States Legal Foundation v. Bush, 306 F.3d 1132 (D.C. Cir. 2002), cert. denied, 124 S. Ct. 61 

(2003) 50:11.02[4][a] 

Mountain West Mines, Inc. v. Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co., 376 F. Supp. 2d 1298 (Wyo. 2005), aff’d in part, 

470 F.3d 947 (10th Cir. 2006) 55:38.01, .03[5][a] 

Mt. St. Helens Mining & Recovery Limited Partnership v. United States, 384 F.3d 721 (9th Cir. 2004) 

51:8.05[1] 

Murphy Exploration & Production Co. v. Sun Operating Limited Partnership, 747 So. 2d 260 (Miss. 

1999) 52:11.17[2] 

Musser Davis Land Co. v. Union Pacific Resources, 201 F.3d 561 (5th Cir. 2000) 54:29.03[1] 

Nance v. EPA, 645 F.2d 701 (9th Cir. 1981) 52:20.02[1] 

National Ass’n for Home Care v. Shalala, 135 F. Supp. 2d 161 (D.D.C. 2001) 52:5.02[4] 

National Ass’n of Home Builders v. Defenders of Wildlife, 551 U.S. 644 (2007) 55:10.06[1] 

National Ass’n of Home Builders v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 417 F.3d 1272 (D.C. Cir. 2005) 


National Ass’n of Manufacturers v. U.S. Department of the Interior, 134 F.3d 1095 (D.C. Cir. 1998) 

50:15.03[3][e] 

National Audubon Society v. Superior Court, 658 P.2d 709 (Cal. 1983) 55:17.02[1][c] 

National Cable & Telecommunications Ass’n v. Brand X Internet Services, 125 S. Ct. 2688 (2005) 


National Cable & Telecommunications Ass’n v. Brand X Internet Services, 545 U.S. 967 (2005) 

56:19.02[1][c][ii] 

National League of Cities v. Usery, 426 U.S. 833 (1976), overruled by Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan 

Transit Authority, 469 U.S. 528 (1985) 54:19.03[2] 

National Mining Ass’n v. Army Corps of Engineers, 145 F.3d 1399 (D.C. Cir. 1998) 52:12.04[5][d] 

National Mining Ass’n v. Jackson, 768 F. Supp. 2d 34 (D.D.C. 2011) 57:5.05 

National Mining Ass’n v. Slater, 167 F. Supp. 2d 265 (D.D.C. 2001) 54:7.04[2] 

National Mining Ass’n v. U.S. Department of the Interior, 177 F.3d 1 (D.C. Cir. 1999) 50:11.03[10] 

National Parks & Conservation Ass’n v. Babbitt, 241 F.3d 722 (9th Cir. 2001) 53:8.05[2][b] 

National Parks Hospitality Ass’n v. Department of the Interior, 538 U.S. 803 (2003) 57:5.04[3] 

National Pork Producers Council v. EPA, 635 F.3d 738 (5th Cir. 2011) 57:5.04[2] 

National Wildlife Federation v. Babbitt, 128 F. Supp. 2d 1274 (E.D.Cal. 2000) 54:11.05[2] 

National Wildlife Federation v. National Marine Fisheries Service, 524 F.3d 917 (9th Cir. 2008) 

55:10.05[3] 

Native Village of Eyak v. Trawler Diane Marie, Inc., 154 F.3d 1090 (9th Cir. 1998) 53:12.03[1][b] 

Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp., No. 08-1138, Complaint (N.D. Cal. filed Feb. 26, 2008) 

54:8.03[2][b][ii] 

Natural Resources Defense Council v. Callaway, 392 F. Supp. 685 (D.D.C. 1975) 53:18.03[1][a] 

Natural Resources Defense Council v. Kempthorne, 506 F. Supp. 2d 322 (E.D. Cal. 2007) 54:8.03[3][b], 

11.05[2]; 55:10.03 

Natural Resources Defense Council v. U.S. Forest Service, 421 F.3d 797 (9th Cir. 2005) 53:8.05[5] 

Navajo Nation v. U.S. Forest Service, 408 F. Supp. 2d 866 (D. Ariz. 2006), rev’d, 479 F.3d 1024 (9th Cir. 

2007), aff’d, 535 F.3d 1058 (9th Cir. 2008) 54:12.04[3] 

Nearburg v. Yates Petroleum Corp., 943 P.2d 560 (N.M. Ct. App. 1997) 52:11.10[7], [9] 

Nebraska v. Wyoming, 325 U.S. 589 (1945) 52:21.06[2][f] 

Nebraska v. Wyoming, 507 U.S. 584 (1993) 55:18.04[2][b]

Nebraska v. Wyoming, 515 U.S. 1 (1995) 55:18.04[2][b] 

Nebraska v. Wyoming, 534 U.S. 40 (2001) 52:21.09[2] 

Nebraska Plastics, Inc. v. Holland Colors Americas, Inc., 408 F.3d 410 (8th Cir. 2005) 51:13.06[2][c] 

Neer v. Mexico, 4 R. Int’l Arb. Awards (Oct. 15, 1926) 56:12.05 

Neighbors of Cuddy Mountain v. U.S. Forest Service, 137 F.3d 1372 (9th Cir. 1998) 53:8.05[1][b] 

Nevada v. Hicks, 533 U.S. 353 (2001) 52:20.05[1] 

Nevada v. United States, 463 U.S. 110 (1983) 55:17.02[2][b] 

Nevada Land Action Ass’n v. U.S. Forest Service, 8 F.3d 713 (9th Cir. 1993) 53:8.05[5] 

New Dominion, L.L.C. v. Parks Family Co., L.L.C., 216 P.3d 292 (Okla. Ct. Civ. App. 2008) 

56:18.04[1][a][iii] 

New Mexico v. Bureau of Land Management, 459 F. Supp. 2d 1102 (D.N.M. 2006) 54:12.04[2][b] 

New Mexico v. Bureau of Land Management, 565 F.3d 683 (10th Cir. 2009) 55:15.07[2] 

New York v. EPA (New York I), 413 F.3d 3 (D.C. Cir. 2005) 51:12.03; 52:6.03[4][d] 

New York v. EPA (New York II), 443 F.3d 880 (D.C. Cir. 2006) 52:6.03[1], [4][d] 

New York v. Solvent Chemical Co., No. 83-CV-1401, 2006 WL 1582383 (W.D.N.Y. June 5, 2006) 

52:16.07 

New York Public Interest Research Group, Inc. v. Johnson (NYPIRG), 427 F.3d 172 (2d Cir. 2005) 

52:6.03[1], [2] 

Newman v. RAG Wyoming Land Co., 53 P.3d 540 (Wyo. 2002) 51:13.05[2][c]; 55:26.03[3] 

Nichols v. Burk Royalty Co., 576 P.2d 317 (Okla. Ct. App. 1977) 54:4.02[4] 

Nixon v. Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc., No. 2005-SOX-1 (ALJ Feb. 16, 2005) 51:6.02[2][a][iii] 

Norman v. Apache Corp., 19 F.3d 1017 (5th Cir. 1994) 52:11.12[2] 

North American Catholic Educational Programming Foundation, Inc. v. Gheewalla, 930 A.2d 92 (Del. 

2007) 55:37.03[3][c] 

North American Resource Co., 75 FERC 61,286 (1996) 56:28.03[1][b][iii] 

North Carolina Fisheries Ass’n, Inc. v. Daley, 16 F. Supp. 2d 647 (E.D. Va. 1997) 52:5.02[8] 

North Carolina Shellfish Growers Ass’n v. Holly Ridge Associates, L.L.C., 200 F. Supp. 2d 551 (E.D.N.C. 

2001) 50:23.03[3][c] 

North Central Oil Corp. v. The Louisiana Land & Exploration Co., 22 S.W.3d 572 (Tex. App.—Houston 

2000, pet. denied) 50:7.14[1]; 52:27.01 

North York Land Associates v. Byron Oil Industries Inc., 695 P.2d 1188 (Colo. Ct. App. 1984) 

55:23.05[2][c] 

Northern California River Watch v. City of Healdsburg, 457 F.3d 1023 (9th Cir. 2006) 53:18.06[1] 

Northern Cheyenne Tribe v. Norton, 503 F.3d. 836 (9th Cir. 2007) 54:12.04[2][c] 

Northern Plains Resource Council v. BLM, No. CV-03-69-BLG-RWA, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4678 (D. 

Mont. Feb. 25, 2005) 51:11.04[1][a], [6] 

Northern Plains Resource Council v. Fidelity Exploration & Development Co., 325 F.3d 1155 (9th Cir. 

2003), cert. denied, 540 U.S. 967 (2003) 50:23.02[1], 23.03[4]; 52:12.04[1][b] 

Northern Plains Resource Council v. Lujan, 874 F.2d 661 (9th Cir. 1989) 51:8.05[1] 

Northern Spotted Owl v. Hodel, 716 F. Supp. 479 (W.D. Wash. 1988) 57:1.03[2][a], .04[1][d]-[e] 

Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Transport Workers Union of America, 451 U.S. 77 (1981) 52:6.04[4][c] 

Northwest Ecosystem Alliance v. Rey, 380 F. Supp. 2d 1175 (W.D. Wash. 2005) 53:8.05[3][b] 

Northwest Environmental Defense Center v. Environmental Quality Commission, 223 P.3d 1071 (Or. Ct. 

App. 2009) 56:19.02[1][c][i] 

Northwest Mining Ass’n v. Babbitt, 5 F. Supp. 2d 9 (D.D.C. 1998) 52:5.02[11][a] 

Norton v. Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 542 U.S. 55 (2004) 50:3B.03[1][b], 11.02[1][a]; 

51:11.04[2], [4]; 54:10.01, .02, 11.04[2]

Novawest Resources Inc. v. Anglo American Exploration (Canada) Ltd., 2006 BCSC 769 53:28.03[4], 

.04[5][b] 

Ocean County Landfill Corp. v. EPA, 631 F.3d 652 (3d Cir. 2011) 57:5.04[2] 

Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Marcone, 855 A.2d 654 (Pa. 2004) 51:4.05[3] 

Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors v. R.F. Lafferty & Co., 267 F.3d 340 (3d Cir. 2001) 

55:37.04[1] 

Ogle v. Salamatof Native Ass’n, 906 F. Supp. 1321 (D. Alaska 1995) 53:12.03[4][g][ii] 

Ohio v. U.S. Department of the Interior, 880 F.2d 432 (D.C. Cir. 1989) 50:15.03[3][f] 

Ohio Forestry Ass’n, Inc. v. Sierra Club, 523 U.S. 726 (1998) 51:11.04[4] 

Ohio Oil Co. v. Indiana, 177 U.S. 190 (1900) 54:6.06[1], [3] 

Ohio Oil Co. v. Sharp, 135 F.2d 303 (10th Cir. 1943) 54:29.03, .03[2][c] 

Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition v. Aracoma Coal Co., 556 F.3d 177 (4th Cir. 2009) 56:19.03[1], .04 

Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition v. Bulen, 429 F.3d 493 (4th Cir. 2005), reh’g en banc denied, 437 

F.3d 421 (4th Cir. 2006) 52:12.04[5][d] 

Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition v. Horinko, 279 F. Supp. 2d 732 (S.D. W. Va. 2003) 50:23.02[2][a] 

Okanogan County v. National Marine Fisheries Service, 347 F.3d 1081 (9th Cir. 2003), cert. denied, 124 

S. Ct. 2094 (2004) 50:22.03[2][b] 

Oklahoma Oil & Gas Exploration Drilling Program 1983-A v. W.M.A. Corp., 877 P.2d 605 (Okla. Ct. App. 

1994) 52:11.08[2] 

Oklahoma v. Texas, 260 U.S. 606 (1923) 57:28.03[1][a]-[b], .03[2][b] 

Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe, 435 U.S. 191 (1978) 52:20.02[1] 

Omnicare, Inc. v. NCS Healthcare, Inc., 818 A.2d 914 (Del. 2003) 52:24.03[1][d] 

Oneida Indian Nation v. County of Oneida, 414 U.S. 661 (1974) 50:12.02 

ONRC Action v. Bureau of Land Management, 150 F.3d 1132 (9th Cir. 1998) 51:11.04[8] 

ONRC Action v. Columbia Plywood, Inc., 286 F.3d 1137 (9th Cir. 2002) 50:23.03[2][a] 

Open Space Institute v. American Electric Power Co., No. 04-CV-05670(LP)/ECF Case (S.D.N.Y. July 21, 

2004) 51:2.06 

Oregon Chapter Sierra Club, 176 IBLA 336, GFS(MISC) 6(2009) 55:6.06[2][a] 

Oregon Natural Desert Ass’n, 173 IBLA 348, GFS(MISC) 8(2008) 56:15.05[3][b] 

Oregon Natural Desert Ass’n v. Bureau of Land Management, 531 F.3d 1114 (9th Cir. 2008) 56:15.05 

Oregon Natural Desert Ass’n v. Gammon, No. 06-523-HO, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 48083 (D. Ore. 

June 28, 2007) (unpublished) 54:10.03[1], .06[2] 

Oregon Natural Desert Ass’n v. Rasmussen, 451 F. Supp. 2d 1202 (D. Or. 2006) 56:15.05[4] 

Oregon Natural Desert Ass’n v. Shuford, No. 06-242-AA, 2007 WL 1695162 (D. Or. June 8, 2007) 

(unreported) 56:15.05[2] 

Oregon Natural Resources Council v. Daley, 6 F. Supp. 2d 1139 (D. Or. 1998) 56:21.04[1], .07[1] 

Orman v. Cullman, No. Civ. A. 18039, 2004 WL 2348395 (Del. Ch. Oct. 20, 2004) (unpublished opinion) 


Osborn v. Rogers, 363 P.2d 219 (Okla. 1961) 52:11.19[1] 

Oxley v. General Atlantic Resources, Inc., 936 P.2d 943 (Okla. 1997) 52:11.08[1], [3] 

Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Ass’ns v. Gutierrez, No. 1:06-cv-00245-OWW-GS, 2008 WL 

2223070 (E.D. Cal. May 20, 2008) 54:8.03[3][b], 11.05[2] 

Pack v. Santa Fe Minerals, 869 P.2d 323 (Okla. 1994) 55:23.04[1] 

Pagosa Area Water & Sanitation District v. Trout Unlimited, 170 P.3d 307 (Colo. 2007), modified on 

denial of reh’g, 219 P.3d 774 (Colo. 2009) 56:7.03[2][b] 

Pakootas v. Teck Cominco Metals, Ltd., No. CV-04-256-AAM, 2004 WL 2578982 (E.D. Wash. Nov. 8, 

2006), aff’d, 452 F.3d 1066 (9th Cir. 2006) 53:7.01, .03

Palace Exploration Co. v. Petroleum Development Co., 374 F.3d 951 (10th Cir. 2004) 51:15.04[1] 

Paralyzed Veterans of America v. D.C. Arena, 117 F.3d 579 (D.C. Cir. 1997) 57:5.03[2] 

Parr v. Aruba Petroleum, Inc., No. 11-01650 (Cnty. Ct. at Law No. 5 of Dallas Cnty., Tex. filed Mar. 8, 

2011) 57:13.03[14] 

Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners v. U.S. Department of Labor, 992 F.2d 474 (3d Cir. 1993) 

51:6.02[1][b][i] 

Pasternak v. Lear Petroleum Exploration, Inc., 790 F.2d 828 (10th Cir. 1986) 52:11.05[3], 11.12[4] 

Patterson v. Stanolind Oil & Gas Co., 77 P.2d 83 (Okla. 1938) 55:8.01[2] 

Paul v. British Columbia (Forest Appeals Commission), [2003] 2 S.C.R 585 50:9.03[5] 

Pennaco Energy, Inc. v. U.S. Department of the Interior, 377 F.3d 1147 (10th Cir. 2004) 51:11.04[2], 

[5], [7]; 52:12.04[4] 

Pennhurst State School & Hospital v. Halderman, 465 U.S. 89 (1984) 54:19.03[3] 

Pennsylvania v. Union Gas Co., 491 U.S. 1 (1989) 54:19.03[3] 

Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon, 260 U.S. 393 (1922) 50:18.03[7][b][i]; 53:11.09[2] 

Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs, Inc. v. Hess, 297 F.3d 310 (3d Cir. 2002) 54:19.03[3], 

.05[2][a] 

Pennzoil Exploration & Production Co. v. Ramco Energy Ltd., 139 F.3d 1061 (5th Cir. 1998) 

50:8.06[8][c][ii] 

Perlman v. Pioneer Limited Partnership, 918 F.2d 1244 (5th Cir. 1990) 55:23.03[3] 

Petersen v. Robinson Oil & Gas Co., 356 S.W.2d 217 (Tex. Civ. App.—Houston 1962) 55:23.03[1] 

Petroleum Energy, Inc. v. Mid-America Petroleum, Inc., 775 F. Supp. 1420 (D. Kan. 1991) 55:23.03[1] 

Pharand Ski Corp. v. Alberta (1991), 37 C.P.R. (3d) 288 (Alta. Q.B.) 53:28.03[2], .04[1][b] 

Pharmacia Corp. v. Clayton Chemical Acquisitions LLC., 382 F. Supp. 2d 1079 (S.D. Ill. 2005) 

52:6.04[4][b][ii]; 54:9.04[5][a] 

Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Cowden, 241 F.2d 586 (5th Cir. 1957) 54:24.05[3][b], [4], 29.03[1], .03[2][b] 

Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Stryker, 723 So. 2d 585 (Ala. 1998) 53:20.03[2][c], .05[1] 

Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Taylor, 116 F.2d 994 (5th Cir. 1941) 50:21.04[1] 

Phillips Petroleum Co. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 803 F.2d 545 (10th Cir. 1986) 

52:20.02 

Pinal Creek Group v. Newmont Mining Corp., 118 F.3d 1298 (9th Cir. 1997) 54:9.03[3] 

Piney Run Preservation Ass’n v. County Commissioners of Carrol County, Maryland, 268 F.3d 255 (4th 

Cir. 2001) 50:23.03[2][b][iv] 

Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. v. W.L. Ranch, Inc., 127 S.W.3d 900 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 

2004, rev. denied) 55:8.03 

Pit River Tribe v. U.S. Forest Service, 469 F.3d 768 (9th Cir. 2006) 54:12.04[2][a]; 55:6.06[2] 

Pitco Production Co. v. Chaparral Energy, Inc., 63 P.3d 541 (Okla. 2003) 50:7.14[4]; 52:11.06[1] 

Platinex Inc. v. Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation (2006) 272 D.L.R. (4th) 727 (Ont. Sup. Ct. J.), 

4 C.N.L.R. 152 56:5B.05[1][a] 

Pope & Talbot Inc. v. Canada, 41 I.L.M. 1347 (2002) 53:24.06[2] 

Portland Audubon Society v. Babbitt, 998 F.2d 705 (9th Cir. 1993) 51:11.04[2], [7] 

Postema v. Pollution Control Hearings Board, 11 P.3d 726 (Wash. 2000) 54:14.03[1] 

Potlach Corp. v. United States, 12 P.3d 1260 (Idaho 2000) 50:22.02[4] 

PPG Industries, Inc. v. Shell Oil Co., 727 F. Supp. 285 (E.D. La. 1989), aff’d, 919 F.2d 17 (5th Cir. 


Precision Industries, Inc. v. Qualitech Steel SBQ, LLC (In re Qualitech Steel Corp.), 327 F.3d 537 (7th Cir. 

2003) 56:17.09[2] 

Presbyterian Church of Sudan v. Talisman Energy, Inc., 582 F.3d 244 (2d Cir. 2009) 57:8.02[2][a]

Printers & Finishers Ltd. v. Holloway, [1964] 3 All E.R. 731 53:28.04[1][e] 

Probst v. Hughes, 286 P. 875 (Okla. 1930) 50:21.02[2] 

Producers Oil Co. v. Gore, 610 P.2d 772 (Okla. 1980) 52:11.17[2] 

Production Resources Group, L.L.C. v. NCT Group, Inc., 863 A.2d 772 (Del. Ch. 2004) 55:37.03[3][b] 

Pulaski Irr. Ditch Co. v. City of Trinidad, 203 P. 681 (Colo. 1922) 57:29.03, .03[1][a], [1][c] 

Pursue Energy Corp. v. State Oil & Gas Board, 524 So. 2d 569 (Miss. 1988) 56:18.04[2][e] 

PYR Energy Corp. v. Samson Resources Co., 470 F. Supp. 2d 709 (E.D. Tex. 2007) 53:32.04, .05[8] 

Quechan Tribe v. U.S. Department of the Interior, 755 F. Supp. 2d 1104 (S.D. Cal. 2010) 57:16.04[3] 

Queen in Right of British Columbia v. Tener, [1985] 1 S.C.R. 533 53:16.02[3] 

Questa Energy Corp. v. Vantage Point Energy, Inc., 887 S.W.2d 217 (Tex. Civ. App.—Amarillo 1994, writ 

denied) 52:11.17[1] 

Questar Pipeline Co., 84 FERC 61,076 (1998) 56:28.03[1][b][iv] 

Quivira Mining Co. v. EPA, 765 F.2d 126 (10th Cir. 1985) 52:12.04[1][d][i] 

R. v. Powley, (2003) SCC 43 50:9.03[5] 

R & R Resources Corp. v. Echelon Oil & Gas, L.L.C., No. 03-05-00479-CV, 2006 WL 66458 (Tex. Civ. 

App.—Austin Jan. 10, 2006) (not published) 52:11.07[2]; 53:32.04 

R.E. Goodson Construction Co. v. International Paper Co., No. 4:02-4184-27, 2005 WL 2614927 (D.S.C. 

Oct. 13, 2005) 52:6.04[4][a] 

Railroad Commission v. Broussard, 755 S.W.2d 951 (Tex. Ct. App.—Austin 1988) 56:18.04[2][m] 

Railroad Commission v. Manziel, 361 S.W.2d 560 (Tex. 1962) 53:20.03[2][a]; 54:24.02[1][d] 

Railroad Commission v. Olin Corp., 690 S.W.2d 628 (Tex. Civ. App.—Austin 1985, writ ref’d n.r.e.) 


Rankin v. Naftalis, 557 S.W.2d 940 (Tex. 1977) 50:7.10 

Ranola Oil Co. v. Corporation Commission, 752 P.2d 1116 (Okla. 1988) 56:18.04[1][a][ii] 

Rapanos v. United States, 126 S. Ct. 2208 (2006) 52:6.02[2], 12.04[1][d][i]; 53:18.04 

Rapanos v. United States, 547 U.S. 715 (2006) 56:19.02[2], .04 

Rayellen Resources, Inc. v. New Mexico Cultural Properties Review Committee, No. CV-2009-812, 

slip op. (5th Jud. Dist. N.M. Feb. 4, 2011) 57:4.04[2] 

Raytheon Aircraft Co. v. United States, 435 F. Supp. 2d 1136 (D. Kan. 2006) 54:9.04[5][a] 

Rebstock v. Birthright Oil & Gas Co., 406 So. 2d 636 (La. Ct. App. 1981) 53:33.04[3] 

Rector v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co., 120 So. 2d 511 (La. Ct. App. 1960) 52:10.04[2] 

Red Chris Development v. Quock, 2006 BCSC 1472 56:5B.04[1] 

Reed v. Wylie (Reed I), 554 S.W.2d 169 (Tex. 1977) 55:27.03[1] 

Reed v. Wylie (Reed II), 597 S.W.2d 743 (Tex. 1980) 55:27.03[1] 

Rees v. Briscoe, 315 P.2d 758 (Okla. 1957) 50:21.02[1] 

Reeves v. B & S Welding, Inc., 897 F.2d 178 (5th Cir. 1990) 56:29.02[1][b] 

Reserve Oil, Inc. v. Dixon, 711 F.2d 951 (10th Cir. 1983) 52:11.03[1] 

Resource Investments, Inc. v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 151 F.3d 1162 (9th Cir. 1998) 

56:19.02[1][a] 

Resources Ltd., Inc. v. Robertson, 35 F.3d 1300 (9th Cir. 1994) 51:11.04[3], [4] 

Reynolds v. City of Roswell, 654 P.2d 537 (N.M. 1982) 57:29.03[1][c] 

Reynolds-Rexwinkle Oil, Inc. v. Petex, Inc., 1 P.3d 909 (Kan. 2000) 50:21.02[3] 

Rice v. Harken Exploration Co., 250 F.3d 264 (5th Cir. 2001) 52:12.04[1][d][ii] 

Ridge Oil Co. v. Guinn Investments, Inc., 148 S.W.3d 143 (Tex. 2004) 55:23.04[1] 

Ridgewood Resources Ltd. v. Henuset (1982), 35 A.R. 493 (C.A.) 53:28.03[2], .04[2][c] 

Ritter v. Bill Barrett Corp., 210 P.3d 688 (Mont. 2009) 56:18.04[2][f]

RL Crane Ltd. v. Ashton, [1949] O.R. 303 53:28.04[1][b] 

Rogers v. Samedan Oil Corp., 308 F.3d 477 (5th Cir. 2002) 57:12.04[2][e] 

Rogers v. Westerman Farm Co., 29 P.3d 887 (Colo. 2001) 50:19.02[4][d] 

Rogers v. Westhoma Oil Co., 291 F.2d 726 (10th Cir. 1961) 53:33.04[3] 

Rohner v. Austral Oil Exploration Co., 104 So.2d 253 (La. Ct. App. 1958) 54:10.03[2][b] 

Romero v. Drummond Co., 552 F.3d 1303 (11th Cir. 2008) 57:8.02[2][b], [d] 

Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. McDivitt, 286 F.3d 1031 (8th Cir. 2002) 56:5A.03[1][b] 

Rosette Inc. v. U.S. Department of the Interior, 169 P.3d 704 (N.M. Ct. App. 2007) 55:6.03[1] 

Rowan Co. v. Transco Exploration Co., 679 S.W.2d 660 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1984, writ ref’d 

n.r.e.) 52:10.03[1][c] 

Rumpke of Indiana, Inc. v. Cummins Engine Co., 107 F.3d 1235 (7th Cir. 1997) 54:9.04[2] 

S.D. Warren Co. v. Maine Board of Environmental Protection, 126 S. Ct. 1843 (2006) 52:6.02[4][c], 

12.04[3] 

Saden v. Kirby, 660 So. 2d 423 (La. 1995) 52:10.04[2] 

Safari Club Int’l v. Kempthorne, No. 08-00881, Complaint (D.D.C. filed May 23, 2008) 54:8.03[3][a] 

Salmon River Concerned Citizens v. Robertson, 32 F.3d 1346 (9th Cir. 1994) 53:8.05[4][a] 

Saltman Engineering Co. v. Campbell Engineering Co., [1963] All E.R. 413 (C.A.) 53:28.03[2] 

Samano v. Sun Oil Co., 621 S.W.2d 580 (Tex. 1981) 55:23.04[1] 

Samson Resources Co. v. Amerada Hess Corp., 41 P.3d 1055 (Okla. Civ. App. 2001) 52:11.17[3] 

Samson Resources Co. v. Corporation Commission, 831 P.2d 663 (Okla. Civ. App. 1992) 57:11.03[2][b] 

San Carlos Apache Tribe v. United States, 272 F. Supp. 2d 860 (D. Ariz. 2003) 56:14A.02[3][b] 

San Francisco Baykeeper, Inc. v. Tosco Corp., 309 F.3d 1153 (9th Cir. 2002) 50:23.03[2][a] 

San Juan Citizens Alliance v. Norton, 586 F. Supp. 2d 1270 (D. N.M. 2008) 55:14.03[2][a], [3][c] 

San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 657 F. Supp. 2d 1233 (D. Colo. 

2009) 57:6.06[3][d] 

Santa Fe Energy Operating Partners, L.P. v. Universal Resources Corp., No. 07-95-0342-CV, 1996 WL 

457251 (Tex. App.—Amarillo Aug. 14, 1996, writ denied) 50:7.14[2] 

Santa Fe Snyder Corp. v. Norton, 385 F.3d 884 (5th Cir. 2004) 55:24.03[3] 

Saskatchewan Minerals Ltd. v. Keyes, [1972] S.C.R. 703 50:13.06[1], [2][b], [3] 

Sasse v. U.S. Department of Labor, 409 F.3d 773 (6th Cir. 2005) 51:6.02[1][b][i] 

Sauder v. Frye, 613 S.W.2d 63 (Tex. Civ. App.—Fort Worth 1981, no writ) 53:33.03[4][a] 

Sauder v. Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp., 292 U.S. 272 (1934) 54:10.03[2][b], .05 

Save Medicine Lake Coalition, 156 IBLA 219, GFS(MISC) 11(2002) 55:14.04[1][b][ii], [c][iii] 

Save the Valley, Inc. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 223 F. Supp. 2d 997 (S.D. Ind. 2002) 


Sawyer v. Guthrie, 215 F. Supp. 2d 1254 (D. Wyo. 2002) 50:21.02[3] 

Schacht v. Brown, 711 F.2d 1343 (7th Cir. 1983) 55:37.04[1] 

Schraier v. Hickel, 419 F.2d 663 (D.C. Cir. 1969) 56:13.02[4] 

Schenck v. Capri Construction Co., 194 So. 2d 378 (La. Ct. App. 1967) 52:10.04[1][a] 

Schull v. Lower Neches Valley Authority, 416 S.W.2d 505 (Tex. Civ. App.—Beaumont 1967, writ ref’d 

n.r.e.) 52:10.03[2] 

Scoma v. Chesapeake Energy Corp., No. 3:10-cv-01385 (N.D. Tex. filed Sept. 11, 2010) 57:13.03[4] 

SD Myers, Inc. v. Canada, 40 I.L.M. 1408 (2001) 53:24.06[2] 

Seacoast Anti-Pollution League v. Costle, 572 F.2d 872 (1st Cir. 1978) 56:19.02[1][c][ii] 

Seager v. Copydex Ltd., [1967] 2 All E.R. 415 (C.A.) 53:28.03[2], .04[2][c] 

Seagull Energy E&P, Inc. v. Eland Energy, Inc., 207 S.W.3d 342 (Tex. 2006) 53:31.01

SEC v. GE InVision, Inc., Litig. Rel. No. 19078 and Acctg. Rel. No. 2187 (Feb. 14, 2005) 51:3.02[1][f][i] 

SEC v. Monsanto Co., No. 1:05CVppp14 (D.C.C.), Lit. Rel. No. 19023 (Jan. 6, 2005) 51:3.02[1][d][ii], 

3.02[1][f][iii] 

SEC v. Syncor International Corp., No. 1:02CV02421 (D.D.C.), Lit. Rel. No. 17887, Dec. 10, 2002 

51:3.02[1][f][i] 

SEC v. Titan Corp., Civ. No. 05-0411 (JR) (D.D.C. Mar. 1, 2005) (Complaint) 51:3.02[1][f][i] 

SEC v. Triton Energy Corp., No. 97CV00401 (D.D.C. Feb. 27, 1997) (Complaint & Undertakings) 

51:3.02[1][d][ii], 3.02[1][f][iii] 

Securities and Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp. (Chenery II), 332 U.S. 194 (1947) 57:5.02[1] 

Sekco Energy, Inc. v. M/V MARGARET CHOUEST, 820 F. Supp. 1008 (E.D. La. 1993) 51:17B.03[2] 

Seldovia Native Ass’n, Inc. v. United States, 35 Fed. Cl. 761 (1996) 53:12.03[4][a] 

Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida, 517 U.S. 44 (1996) 54:19.03[3] 

Seneca Meadows, Inc. v. ECI Liquidating, Inc., 427 F. Supp. 2d 279 (W.D.N.Y 2006) 54:9.04[5][b] 

Shell Offshore Inc. v. Babbitt, 238 F.3d 622 (5th Cir. 2001) 55:24.02[2] 

Shell Rocky Mountain Production, LLC v. Ultra Resources, Inc., 266 F. Supp. 2d 1331 (D. Wyo. 2003) 

51:15.04[1] 

Shell Rocky Mountain Production, LLC v. Ultra Resources, Inc., 415 F.3d 1158 (10th Cir. 2005) 

52:11.04; 53:32.04 

Sibley v. Hill, 331 S.W.2d 227 (Tex. Civ. App.—El Paso 1960, no writ) 52:11.18 

Sickinger v. Board of Directors, 85 So. 212 (La. 1920) 52:10.04[1][b] 

Sierra Club v. Adams, 578 F.2d 389 (D.C. Cir. 1978) 53:7.02[2] 

Sierra Club v. Clark, 756 F.2d 686 (9th Cir. 1985) 54:10.04[3][a] 

Sierra Club v. Clark, 774 F.2d 1406 (9th Cir. 1985) 54:10.04[3][a] 

Sierra Club v. Colorado Refining Co., 838 F. Supp. 1428 (D. Colo. 1993) 52:12.04[1][d][ii] 

Sierra Club v. El Paso Gold Mines, Inc., 421 F.3d 1133 (10th Cir. 2005) 52:12.04[1][a] 

Sierra Club v. Georgia Power Co., 443 F.3d 1346 (11th Cir. 2006) 52:6.03[1], [3][c] 

Sierra Club v. Hodel, 848 F.2d 1068 (10th Cir. 1988) 52:9.02[5][b]; 54:10.04[3], .05 

Sierra Club v. Lujan, No. MO-91-CA-069, 1993 WL 151353 (W.D. Tex. Feb. 1, 1993), appeal dismissed 

for lack of standing, 995 F.2d 571 (5th Cir. 1993) 50:22.03[4] 

Sierra Club v. Marita, 46 F.3d 606 (7th Cir. 1995) 57:1.02[3], .04[1][b] 

Sierra Club v. Martin, 168 F.3d 1 (11th Cir. 1999) 51:11.04[10], [11] 

Sierra Club v. Watkins, 808 F. Supp. 852 (D.D.C. 1991) 53:8.05[4][a] 

Sierra Club v. Whitman, 268 F.3d 898 (9th Cir. 2001) 50:23.03[2][c][ii] 

Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Inc., 124 IBLA 130, GFS(MISC) 47(1992) 51:11.04[8] 

Simsbury-Avon Preservation Society, LLC v. Metacon Gun Club, Inc., 472 F. Supp. 2d 219 (D. Conn. 

2007) 53:18.06[4] 

Sinaltrainal v. Coca-Cola Co., 578 F.3d 1252 (11th Cir. 2009) 57:8.02[2][d] 

Sizelove v. Williams Production Co., LLC, No. 2010-50355-367 (367th Dist. Ct., Denton Cnty., Tex. filed 

Nov. 3, 2010) 57:13.03[7] 

Skandia Insurance Co. v. Star Shipping AS, 173 F. Supp. 2d 1228 (S.D. Ala. 2001) 52:10.05[2] 

Skidmore v. Swift & Co., 323 U.S. 134 (1944) 56:19.02[1][c][ii], .05 

Skranak v. Castenada, 425 F.3d 1213 (9th Cir. 2005) 52:9.02[4][b] 

Slaaten v. Amerada Hess Corp., 459 N.W.2d 765 (N.D. 1990) 55:23.05[2] 

Smith v. Marshall Oil Corp., 85 P.3d 830 (Okla. 2004) 55:23.02[2] 

Smith v. Van Gorkom, 488 A.2d 858 (Del. 1985) 52:24.03[1][d] 

Smith & Marrs, Inc. v. Osborn, 180 P.3d 1183 (N.M. Ct. App. 2008) 54:4.02[4]

Snyder Oil Corp. v. Samedan Oil Corp., 208 F.3d 521 (5th Cir. 2000) 56:29.02[1][b] 

Soda Mountain Wilderness Council v. Norton, 424 F. Supp. 2d 1241 (E.D. Cal. 2006) 54:10.06[2] 

Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. Army Corps of Engineers, 531 U.S. 159 (2001) 

56:19.02[2] 

Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (SWANCC), 531 U.S. 159 

(2001) 50:23.02[1][a][iv], 24.05; 52:12.04[1][d][i]; 53:18.03[3] 

Sonat Exploration Co. v. Superior Oil Co., 710 P.2d 221 (Wyo. 1985) 57:20.04[1][d][ix] 

Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain, 542 U.S. 692 (2004) 57:8.02, .03[2][b] 

South Carolina v. North Carolina, No. 138, Orig. 55:18.03[1][c] 

South Florida Water Management District v. Miccosukee Tribe, 541 U.S. 95 (2004) 50:23.02[1][a][i], 

24.05; 52:12.04[1][a] 

South Port Marine, LLC v. Gulf Oil Limited Partnership, 234 F.3d 58 (1st Cir. 2000) 51:17B.03[2] 

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority v. CaremarkPCS Health, L.P., 254 F.R.D. 253 (E.D. 

Pa. 2008) 55:34.04 

Southern Air Transport v. Gulf Airways, Inc., 40 So. 2d 787 (La. 1949) 52:10.04[2] 

Southern Offshore Fisheries Ass’n v. Daley, 995 F. Supp. 1411 (M.D. Fla. 1998) 52:5.02[5], [11][b] 

Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 163 IBLA 14, GFS(O&G) 13(2004) 56:15.05[3][a] 

Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance v. BLM, 147 F. Supp. 2d 1130 (D. Utah 2001), appeal dismissed, 69 

Fed. Appx. 927 (10th Cir. 2003), appeal docketed, Nos. 04-4071, -4073 (10th Cir. Apr. 13, 2004) 


Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance v. Bureau of Land Management, 425 F.3d 735 (10th Cir. 2005) 

52:9.02[5][b]; 57:27.02[2][e] 

Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance v. Kempthorne, Civ. No. 08-2187(RMU), 2009 WL 765882 (D. D.C. 

Jan. 17, 2009) 55:14.03[2][a] 

Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance v. Norton, 301 F.3d 1217 (10th Cir. 2002) 50:3B.03[1][b] 

Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance v. Norton, 326 F. Supp. 2d 102 (D.D.C. 2004) 50:11.02[5][e] 

Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance v. Norton, 457 F. Supp. 2d 1253 (D. Utah 2006) 56:15.05[4] 

Southwest Center for Biological Diversity v. Babbitt, 939 F. Supp. 49 (D.D.C. 1996) 56:21.04[1] 

Southwest Four Wheel Drive Ass’n v. BLM, 363 F.3d 1069 (10th Cir. 2004) 50:11.02[2][a] 

Southwest Gas Producing Co. v. Seale, 191 So. 2d 115 (Miss. 1966) 53:33.05[2][c] 

Southwest Resource Council, 96 IBLA 105, GFS(MIN) 27(1987) 54:10.04[1] 

Southwestern Petroleum Corp. v. Udall, 361 F.2d 650 (10th Cir. 1966) 56:13.02[4] 

Sparks Brothers Drilling Co. v. Texas Moran Exploration Co., 829 P.2d 951 (Okla. 1991) 52:11.03[3][b] 

Spear T Ranch, Inc. v. Knaub, 691 N.W. 2d 116 (Neb. 2005) 54:14.04[2][b] 

Sperry v. Florida ex rel. The Florida Bar, 373 U.S. 379 (1963) 51:4.05[2] 

St. Lawrence Petroleum v. Bailey Selburn Oil & Gas Ltd., 36 W.W.R. 167 (Alta. T.D.) (1961) 50:13.06[1] 

St. Luke’s United Methodist Church v. CNG Development Co., 663 S.E.2d 639 (W. Va. 2008) 

55:23.05[2][c] 

Stable Energy, L.P. v. Kachina Oil & Gas, Inc., 52 S.W.3d 327 (Tex. Civ. App.—Austin 2001) 

51:15.04[2]; 52:11.10[8] 

Stanley Energy, Inc., 179 IBLA 8, GFS(O&G) 3(2010) 56:13.02[5][a] 

State v. Nolegs, 139 P. 943 (Okla. 1914) 57:28.03[2][c][ii] 

State Oil & Gas Board v. Crane, 271 So. 2d 84 (Miss. 1972) 53:33.05[4] 

Steele v. Bulova Watch Co., 344 U.S. 280 (1952) 53:7.02[2] 

Stephenson v. ONEOK Resources Co., 99 P.3d 717 (Okla. Ct. App. 2004) 51:13.06[2][a], 15.04[3] 

Stine v. Marathon Oil Co., 976 F.2d 254 (5th Cir. 1992) 50:7.03[2]; 52:11.04; 53:32.03[2]

Strate v. A-1 Contractors, 520 U.S. 438 (1997) 52:20.04[3] 

Strickley v. Highland Boy Gold Mining Co., 200 U.S. 527 (1906) 53:5.03[1] 

Strudley v. Antero Resources Corp., No. 2011-cv-2218 (Denver Cnty. Dist. Ct. filed Mar. 24, 2011) 

57:13.03[15] 

Summit Petroleum Corp. v. U.S. EPA, Case No. 09-4348 (6th Cir. 2009) 56:20.05[2] 

Sun Oil Co. v. Whitaker, 483 S.W.2d 808 (Tex. 1972) 51:7.02[2][d] 

Sunac Petroleum Corp. v. Parkes, 416 S.W.2d 798 (Tex. 1967) 50:21.02[3]; 55:23.04[1] 

Sunray Oil Co. v. Cortez Oil Co., 112 P.2d 792 (Okla. 1941) 54:3.04[1][a] 

Superior Offshore Pipeline Co., 67 FERC 61,253 (1994) 56:28.03[1][b][iv] 

Superior Oil Co. v. Cox, 307 So. 2d 350 (La. 1975) 52:11.16[2] 

Superior Oil Co. v. Devon Corp., 604 F.2d 1063 (8th Cir. 1979) 55:23.05[2][c] 

Superior Oil Co. v. Stanolind Oil & Gas Co., 230 S.W.2d 346 (Tex. Civ. App.—Eastland 1950), aff’d, 240 

S.W.2d 281 (Tex. 1951) 55:23.02[1] 

Surrick v. Killion, No. Civ. A. 04-5668, 2005 WL 913332 (E.D. Pa. Apr. 18, 2005) 51:4.05[3] 

Swartz v. Beach, 229 F. Supp. 2d 1239 (D. Wyo. 2002) 52:12.03[1] 

Sylvania Corp. v. Kilborne, 28 N.Y.2d 427 (N.Y. 1971) 57:11.03[2][b] 

Taku River Tlingit First Nation v. British Columbia (Project Assessment Director), [2004] 3 S.C.R. 550 

56:5B.03[1], .05[2][a], .06[2] 

Tarrant County Water Control & Improvement District No. One v. Haupt, Inc., 854 S.W.2d 909 (Tex. 

1993) 51:7.02[2][d] 

TCINA Inc. v. Noco Investment Co., 95 P.3d 193 (Okla. Civ. App. 2004) 53:33.06[4] 

Tecnicas Medioambientales Tecmed S.A. v. United Mexican States, 43 I.L.M. 133 (2004) 53:24.06[2] 

Templeton v. Pecos Valley Artesian Conservancy District, 332 P.2d 465 (N.M. 1958) 54:14.03[3][a] 

Tenneco, Inc. v. Enterprise Products Co., 925 S.W.2d 640 (Tex. 1996) 50:7.08 

Tenneco Oil Co. v. Bogert, 630 F. Supp. 961 (W.D. Okla. 1986) 52:11.03[2][b] 

Tenneco Oil Co. v. Joiner, 696 F.2d 768 (10th Cir. 1982) 55:7.02[1] 

Terrebonne Parish School Board v. Castex Energy, Inc., 893 So. 2d 789 (La. 2005) 54:4.02[4] 

Tesoro Petroleum Corp. v. Nabors Drilling USA, Inc., 106 S.W.3d 118 (Tex. Ct. App.—Houston 2002) 

51:15.04[1] 

Texaco Inc. v. Berry Petroleum Corp., 869 F. Supp. 1523 (W.D. Okla. 1994) 52:11.10[10][b] 

Texaco, Inc. v. Dagher, 547 U.S. 1 (2006) 54:31.02[1], .03[9] 

Texaco, Inc. v. Letterman, 343 S.W.2d 726 (Tex. Civ. App.—Amarillo 1961, writ ref’d n.r.e.) 53:33.03[1] 

Texaco, Inc. v. Short, 454 U.S. 516 (1982) 54:30.03[2] 

Texas v. New Mexico, 352 U.S. 991 (1957) 52:21.03[2][a] 

Texas v. New Mexico, 446 U.S. 540 (1980) 55:18.05[2] 

Texas v. New Mexico, 462 U.S. 554 (1983) 55:18.04[2][c], .05[2] 

Texas v. New Mexico, 482 U.S. 124 (1987) 55:18.04[2][c], .05[2] 

Texas v. New Mexico, 485 U.S. 388 (1988) 55:18.05[2] 

Texas v. New Mexico, 494 U.S. 111 (1990) 55:18.04[2][c] 

Texas City Refining, Inc. v. Conoco, Inc., 767 S.W.2d 183 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 1989, writ 

denied) 52:10.03[1][c] 

Texas Genco LP v. Valence Operating Co., 187 S.W.3d 118 (Tex. App.—Waco 2006, pet. denied) 

55:9.04[2] 

Texas Industries, Inc. v. Radcliff Materials, Inc., 451 U.S. 630 (1981) 52:6.04[4][c] 

Texas Oil & Gas Corp. v. Hawkins Oil & Gas, Inc., 668 S.W.2d 16 (Ark. 1984) 52:11.03[1][c]

Texstar North America, Inc. v. Ladd Petroleum Corp., 809 S.W.2d 672 (Tex. Civ. App.—Corpus Christi 

1991, writ denied) 52:11.03[3][a], 11.15[2] 

Thayer v. City of Rawlins, 594 P.2d 951 (Wyo. 1979) 57:29.03[1][a] 

The Daniel Ball, 77 U.S. 557 (1870) 57:28.02[1]-[2] 

Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership v. Salazar, 744 F. Supp. 2d 151 (D.D.C. 2010) 

57:1.02[3] 

Three Bells Ranch Associates v. Cache la Poudre Water Users Ass’n, 758 P.2d 164 (Colo. 1988) 


Tidewater Oil Co. v. Penix, 223 F. Supp. 215 (E.D. Okla. 1963) 54:10.03[2][b] 

Tiller v. Fields, 301 S.W.2d 185 (Tex. Civ. App.—Texarkana 1957, no writ) 53:33.03[4][b] 

Tilley v. Green Mountain Power Corp., 587 A.2d 412 (Vt. 1991) 51:13.05[2][a] 

Tittizer v. Union Gas Corp., 171 S.W.3d 857 (Tex. 2005) 53:33.03[4][a] 

Tlapek v. Chevron Oil Co., 407 F.2d 1129 (8th Cir. 1969) 55:7.02[2] 

Tlingit and Haida Indians v. United States, 177 F. Supp. 452 (Ct. Cl. 1959) 53:12.03[1][a][i], .03[4][e] 

TOMAC v. Norton, 433 F.3d 852 (D.C. Cir. 2006) 55:14.03[2][b], [2][b][i]-[iii], [3][a] 

Torch Operating Co. v. Babbitt, 172 F. Supp. 2d 113 (D.D.C. 2001) 55:24.02[2] 

Torgeson v. Connelly, 348 P.2d 63 (Wyo. 1959) 56:28.05[2][a] 

Town of Norfolk v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 968 F.2d 1438 (1st Cir. 1992) 52:12.04[1][d][ii] 

Tractebel Energy Marketing, Inc. v. E. I. DuPont De Nemours & Co., 118 S.W.3d 60 (Tex. App.—Houston 

[14th Dist.] 2003, pet. denied) 52:10.03[1][a] 

Traverse Oil Co. v. Chairman, Natural Resources Commission, 396 N.W.2d 498 (Mich. Ct. App. 1986) 

56:18.04[2][d] 

Treacy v. Newdunn Associates, LLP, 344 F.3d 407 (4th Cir. 2003) 50:23.02[1][a][iv] 

Trees Oil Co. v. State Corp. Commission, 105 P.3d 1269 (Kan. 2005) 53:33.06[7] 

Trenwick American Litigation Trust v. Ernst & Young, L.L.P., 906 A.2d 168 (Del. Ch. 2006), aff’d sub nom. 

Trenwick Am. Litig. Trust v. Billett, 931 A.2d 438 (Del. 2007) 55:37.04[2] 

Tri-Star Petroleum Co. v. Tipperary Corp., 101 S.W.3d 583 (Tex. App.—El Paso 2003, pet. denied) 

50:7.05[1]; 51:15.04[4]; 53:32.04 

Trout Unlimited v. U.S. Department of Agriculture, No. 96-WY-2686-WD, 2004 WL 1170935 (D. Colo. Apr. 

30, 2004) 50:22.03[2][b] 

Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia, 2007 BCSC 1700 56:5B.02[1] 

Tsimshian Tribal Council v. British Columbia Treaty Commission, 2005 BCSC 860, [2005] 3 C.N.L.R. 370 

56:5B.04[1] 

Tulare County v. Bush, 306 F.3d 1138 (D.C. Cir. 2002), cert. denied, 124 S. Ct. 63 (2003) 50:11.02[4][a] 

Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District v. United States, 49 Fed. Cl. 313 (2001) 50:22.03[5] 

Turner v. Bassett, 111 P.3d 701 (N.M. 2005) 52:26.07[1] 

Turner v. Murphy Oil USA, Inc., 422 F. Supp. 2d 676 (E.D. La. 2006) 52:10.02[2][a] 

Twyman v. GHK Corp., 93 P.3d 51 (Okla. Ct. App. 2004) 51:13.06[2][c] 

U.K. v. Observer Ltd. (1988), 99 N.R. 241 (H.L.) 53:28.03[2], .04[2][d] 

U.S. Cellular Corp. v. F.C.C., 254 F.3d 78 (D.C. Cir. 2001) 52:5.02[5] 

U.S. Enterprises, Inc. v. Dauley, 535 S.W.2d 623 (Tex. 1976) 52:27.02[1][a] 

U.S. Public Interest Research Group v. Atlantic Salmon of Maine, LLC, 215 F. Supp. 2d 239 (D. Me. 

2002), aff’d, 339 F.3d 23 (1st Cir. 2003) 50:23.02[1][a][i]; 52:12.04[1][b] 

Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corp. v. Arctic Slope Regional Corp., 517 F. Supp. 1255 (D. Alaska 1981) 

53:12.03[3][a] 

Union Gas Corp. v. Gisler, 129 S.W.3d 145 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 2003, no pet.) 53:33.05[3] 

Union Pacific Resources Co. v. Hutchison, 990 S.W.2d 368 (Tex. App.—Austin 1999) 50:21.05

United States v. ABB Vetco Gray, Inc., No. 04-CR-279-01 (S.D. Tex. July 6, 2004) 51:3.02[1][f][i] 

United States v. Arizona, 295 U.S. 174 (1935) 55:18.01 

United States v. ASARCO, Inc., 28 F. Supp. 2d 1170 (D. Idaho 1998), vacated & remanded, 214 F.3d 

1104 (9th Cir. 2000) 50:15.04[3][e] 

United States v. Atlantic Research Corp., 127 S. Ct. 2331 (2007) 54:9.01, .03[2] 

United States v. Atlantic Richfield Co., 435 F. Supp. 1009 (D. Alaska 1977), aff’d, 612 F.2d 1132 (9th Cir. 

1980) 53:12.03[1][b] 

United States v. Bodmer, 342 F. Supp. 2d 176 (S.D.N.Y. 2004) 51:3.03[1][a] 

United States v. California, 332 U.S. 19 (1947) 56:29.02[1][b] 

United States v. Champlin Refining Co., 329 U.S. 29 (1946) 56:28.04[4] 

United States v. Champlin Refining Co., 341 U.S. 290 (1951) 56:28.04[4] 

United States v. Chevron Pipe Line Co., 437 F. Supp. 2d 605 (N.D. Tex. 2006) 53:18.06, .06[4] 

United States v. Coleman, 390 U.S. 599 (1968) 52:18.03[2], [3], 18.04[2] 

United States v. Cundiff, 480 F. Supp. 2d 940 (W.D. Ky. 2007) 53:18.06[4] 

United States v. Deaton, 332 F.3d 698 (4th Cir. 2003) 50:23.02[1][a][iv] 

United States v. Diaz, 499 F.2d 113 (9th Cir. 1974) 56:14A.02[1] 

United States v. Duke Energy Corp., 411 F.3d 539 (4th Cir. 2005) 51:12.03 

United States v. E.C. Knight Co., 156 U.S. 1 (1895) 54:19.03[1] 

United States v. E.K. Lehmann & Associates, 161 IBLA 40, GFS(MIN) 12(2004) 52:18.05[1], [5] 

United States v. Earth Sciences, Inc., 599 F.2d 368 (10th Cir. 1979) 52:12.04[1][c] 

United States v. Evans, No. 3:05 CR 159 J 32 HTS, 2006 WL 2221629 (M.D. Fla. Aug. 2, 2006) 

53:18.06[4] 

United States v. Fabian, No. 2:02-CV-495, 2007 WL 1035078 (N.D. Ind. Mar. 29, 2007) 53:18.06[2] 

United States v. Gerke Excavating, Inc., 412 F.3d 804 (7th Cir. 2005), cert. granted & judgment vacated, 

126 S. Ct. 2964 (U.S. 2006) 52:12.04[1][d][i] 

United States v. Gerke Excavating, Inc., 464 F.3d 723 (7th Cir. 2006) 53:18.06[2] 

United States v. Giffen, Cr. No. 03-663 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 2003) 51:3.03[1][a] 

United States v. Gratiot, 39 U.S. 526 (1840) 53:11.02[1] 

United States v. Harding Township, No. 03-4445 (FSH) (D.N.J. Nov. 11, 2003) 50:11.02[6][c] 

United States v. Hubenka, 438 F.3d 1026 (10th Cir. 2006) 52:12.04[1][d][i] 

United States v. Hunter, 48 F. Supp. 2d 1283 (D. Utah 1998) 56:14A.04[2] 

United States v. Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., 172 F.3d 1187 (9th Cir. 1999) 51:17B.03[2] 

United States v. Johnson, 467 F.3d 56 (1st Cir. 2006) 53:18.06[3] 

United States v. Kay, 200 F. Supp. 2d 681 (S.D. Tex. 2002) 51:3.02[1][b] 

United States v. Kay, 359 F.3d 738 (5th Cir. 2004) 50:6.05[1] & [2]; 51:3.02[1][b], 3.02[1][f][iii] 

United States v. Kramer, 757 F. Supp. 397 (D.N.J. 1991) 54:9.04[4] 

United States v. Lara, 541 U.S. 193 (2004) 50:12.04; 52:20.05[1] 

United States v. Lea Wood Contracting, Inc., 529 F. Supp. 119 (E.D. Mich. 1981) 53:18.03[2] 

United States v. Louisiana, 339 U.S. 699 (1950) 56:29.02[1][b] 

United States v. Magnesium Corp. of America, 616 F.3d 1129 (10th Cir. 2010) 57:22.09[2] 

United States v. Mazurie, 419 U.S. 544 (1975) 52:20.02[1], 20.05[1] 

United States v. Mead Corp., 533 U.S. 218 (2001) 56:19.02[1][c][ii], .05 

United States v. Metcalf & Eddy, Civ. No. 99-12566 (D. Mass. Dec. 1999) 51:3.02[1][f][ii] 

United States v. Miller, 165 IBLA 342, GFS(MIN) 21(2005) 52:18.05[4]

United States v. Montrose Chemical Corp., No. CV 90-3122, 1991 WL 183147 (C.D. Cal., Mar. 29, 

1991) 50:15.04[3][f] 

United States v. Montrose Chemical Corp., 883 F. Supp. 1396 (C.D. Cal. 1995), rev’d on other grounds, 

104 F.3d 1507 (9th Cir. 1997) 50:15.04[3][e] 

United States v. Moon Lake Electric Ass’n, 45 F. Supp. 2d 1070 (D. Colo. 1999) 57:21.02[2][c] 

United States v. Mottolo, 695 F. Supp. 615 (D.N.H. 1988) 54:9.04[4] 

United States v. Navajo Nation, 537 U.S. 488 (2003) 50:12.05[2][b] 

United States v. New Mexico, 438 U.S. 696 (1978) 56:9.06[3][c] 

United States v. New Mexico, 438 U.S. 696, 713 (1978) 50:22.02[1][b] & [2] 

United States v. Ohio Oil Co., 234 U.S. 548 (1914) 56:28.04[4] 

United States v. Ponte, 246 F. Supp. 2d 74 (D. Maine 2003) 51:22.06[2][c] 

United States v. Range Production Co., No. 3:11CV00116, 2011 WL 200016 (N.D. Tex. filed Jan. 18, 

2011) 57:13.03[12] 

United States v. Rapanos, 339 F.3d 447 (6th Cir. 2003) 50:23.02[1][a][iv] 

United States v. Rapanos, 376 F.3d 629 (6th Cir. 2004) 53:18.04 

United States v. Riverside Bayview Homes, Inc., 474 U.S. 121 (1985) 52:12.04[1][d][i]; 53:18.03[2] 

United States v. Rohm & Haas Co., 939 F. Supp. 1142 (D.N.J. 1996) 54:9.04[4] 

United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., 310 U.S. 150 (1940) 54:31.02[1] 

United States v. State Water Resources Control Board, 227 Cal. Rptr. 161 (Cal. Ct. App. 1986) 

55:17.02[2][a][i] 

United States v. Texas, 339 U.S. 707 (1950) 56:29.02[1][b] 

United States v. Titan Corp., No. 05CR0314-BEN (S.D. Cal., filed Mar. 1, 2005) (Plea Agreement) 

51:3.02[1][f][i]&[v] 

United States v. United Shoe Machinery Corp., 89 F. Supp. 357 (D. Mass. 1950) 51:4.02[1]; 55:34.02[1] 

United States v. W.R. Grace & Co., No. CR05-07-M-DWM (D. Mont. filed Feb. 7, 2005) 51:4.06[2] 

United States v. Wheeler, 435 U.S. 313 (1978) 52:20.02[1] 

United States ex rel. Maxwell v. Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Corp., 540 F.3d 1180 (10th Cir. 2008) 

55:24.05[1] 

United States Telecom Ass’n v. Federal Communications Commission, 400 F.3d 29 (D.C. Cir. 2005) 


United Technologies Corp. v. Platform Computing Corp., (1998), 83 C.P.R. (3d) 350 (Ont. Gen. Div.), 

rev’d on other grounds, (1999) 127 O.A.C. 172 53:28.04[1][e] 

Upjohn Co. v. United States, 449 U.S. 383 (1981) 51:4.02[1]; 55:34.02, .05[2] 

Utah v. Andrus, 486 F. Supp. 995 (D. Utah 1979) 54:10.04[1] 

Utah v. Babbitt, 137 F.3d 1193 (10th Cir. 1998) 50:3B.04[2][b] 

Utah Ass’n of Counties v. Bush, 316 F. Supp. 2d 1172 (D. Utah 2004), appeal docketed, No. 04-4132 

(10th Cir. June 14, 2004) 50:11.02[4][b] 

Utah Environmental Congress v. Bosworth, 372 F.3d 1219 (10th Cir. 2004) 51:11.04[11] 

Utah Shared Access Alliance v. Carpenter, 463 F.3d 1125 (10th Cir. 2006) 54:10.04[3][a] 

Utahns for Better Transportation v. U.S. Department of Transportation, 305 F.3d 1152 (10th Cir. 2002) 

53:8.04[4] 

Valence Operating Co. v. Dorsett, 164 S.W.3d 656 (Tex. 2005) 51:15.04[2]; 52:11.10[5], [9] 

Valero Transmission Co. v. Mitchell Energy Corp., 743 S.W.2d 658 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 


Valvoline Oil Co. v. United States, 308 U.S. 141 (1939) 56:28.04[4] 

Vance v. Wolfe, 205 P.3d 1165 (Colo. 2009) 56:7.04[3]; 57:29.03[2]

Veritas Energy, LLC v. Brayton Operating Corp., No. 13-06-061-CV, 2008 WL 384169 (Tex. App.— 

Corpus Christi Feb. 14, 2008) 55:23.03[1] 

Vessels Coal Gas, Inc., 175 IBLA 8, GFS(O&G) 12(2008) 55:26.03[1][b] 

Viacom, Inc. v. United States, 404 F. Supp. 2d 3 (D.D.C. 2005) 52:6.04[4][d]; 54:9.04[3] 

Viking Petroleum, Inc. v. Oil Conservation Commission, 672 P.2d 280 (N.M. 1983) 56:18.04[2][i] 

Village of Gambell v. Clark, 746 F.2d 572 (9th Cir. 1984) 53:12.03[1][b] 

Village of Oconomowoc Lake v. Dayton Hudson Corp., 24 F.3d 962 (7th Cir. 1994) 52:12.04[1][d][ii} 

Villarreal v. Grant Geophysical, Inc., 136 S.W.3d 265 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2004, writ denied) 

54:24.02[1][e][ii], 29.03[3] 

Vine Street LLC v. Keeling, 362 F. Supp. 2d 754 (E.D. Tex. 2005) 54:9.04[3] 

Vineyard Land & Stock Co. v. Twin Falls Salmon River Land & Water Co., 245 F. 9 (9th Cir. 1917) 

55:18.03[4] 

Visagie v. TVX Gold Inc., (1998) 42 B.L.R. (2d) 53 (Ont. Ct. J. (Gen. Div.)) 53:28.03[3]-[4], .04[2][c] 

Volkswagen of America, Inc. v. Robertson, 713 F.2d 1151 (5th Cir. 1983) 52:10.04[2] 

W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn. v. Zotos Int’l, Inc., No. 98-CV-8385(F), 2005 WL 1076117 (W.D.N.Y. May 3, 

2005) (unpublished) 54:9.04[5][b] 

Wadi Petroleum, Inc. v. Ultra Resource, 65 P.3d 703 (Wyo. 2003) 50:21.0-3 

Wagner v. Chevron Oil Co., 321 F. Supp. 2d 1195 (D. Nev. 2004) 55:6.04[2][c] 

Wakefield v. Oklahoma, 306 P.2d 305 (Okla. 1957) 56:18.04[1][a][i] 

Wallace v. Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., 444 F.3d 697 (5th Cir. 2006) 52:10.02[1] 

Waller Brothers, Inc. v. Exxon Corp., 836 F. Supp. 363 (S.D. Miss. 1993) 56:18.04[2][e] 

Warren Petroleum Corp. v. Martin, 271 S.W.2d 410 (Tex. 1954) 51:7.02[2][c]; 55:9.04[1] 

Warren Petroleum Corp. v. Monzingo, 304 S.W.2d 362 (Tex. 1957) 51:7.02[2][c]; 54:4.02[4]; 55:9.04[1] 

Washington Department of Ecology v. EPA, 752 F.2d 1465 (9th Cir. 1985) 52:20.02[2], 20.03 

Washington Wilderness Coalition v. Hecla Mining Co., 870 F. Supp. 983 (E.D. Wash. 1994) 50:23.02[1], 

[1][a][iii], 23.03[3][d] 

Washoe County v. United States, 319 F.3d 1320 (Fed. Cir. 2003) 50:22.03[5] 

Waste Management, Inc. v. United Mexican States, NAFTA/ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/00/3 (Award) (Apr. 

30, 2004) 54:27.02[4][d] 

Water Keeper Alliance, Inc. v. Smithfield Foods, Inc., No. 4:01-CV-27-H(3), 2001 WL 1715730 (E.D.N.C. 

Sept. 20, 2001) 50:23.03[3][c] 

Waterkeeper Alliance, Inc. v. U.S. EPA, 399 F.3d 486 (2d Cir. 2005) 56:19.03[2] 

Watt v. Western Nuclear, Inc., 462 U.S. 36 (1983) 50:11.02[5][a] 

WBR Corp. v. Louisiana, 711 So. 2d 337 (La. Ct. App. 1998) 52:10.04[1][a] 

Weiss v. Thomas & Thomas Development Co., 680 N.E.2d 1239 (Ohio 1997) 51:14.08 

Wellman v. Dickinson, 475 F. Supp. 783 (S.D.N.Y. 1979) 52:24.03[1][a] 

West Vancouver v. British Columbia Ministry of Transportation, [2005] 273 F.T.R. 253, 2005 F.C. 593 

(Fed. Ct. Can.) 53:8.06 

Western Land Exchange Project v. U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 315 F. Supp. 2d 1068 (D. Nev. 

2004) 51:8.05[1] 

Western Shoshone Defense Project, 160 IBLA 32, GFS(MIN) 26(2003) 54:10.06[1] 

Western Slope Environmental Resource Council, 163 IBLA 262, GFS(O&G) 17(2004) 51:11.05[1][c] 

Western Slope Environmental Resource Council, 164 IBLA 329, GFS(O&G) 11(2005) 52:12.04[4] 

Western Watersheds Project v. Fish and Wildlife Service, 535 F. Supp. 2d 1173 (D. Idaho 2007) 

57:1.03[2][b], .04[1][d]-[e] 

Western Watersheds Project v. Matejko, Civ. No. 01-0259-E-BLW (D. Idaho Mar. 24, 2004) 

50:11.02[3][a]

Westland Oil Development Corp. v. Gulf Oil Corp., 637 S.W.2d 903 (Tex. 1982) 52:27.01, 27.02[1][a], 

[c] 

Westmorland & Cambria Natural Gas Co. v. DeWitt, 18 A. 724 (Pa. 1889) 51:7.02[2][b] 

Weston Forest & Trail Association, Inc. v. Fishman, No. 301928, 2005 WL 1313605 (Mass. Land Ct., 

June 3, 2005) 51:22.06[2][d] 

Whitham Farms LLC v. City of Longmont, 97 P.3d 135 (Colo. Ct. App. 2003) 53:33.06[2] 

Wilderness Society v. Norton, 434 F.3d 584 (D.C. Cir. 2006) 57:5.03[4] 

Wilderness Society v. Thomas, 188 F.3d 1130 (9th Cir. 1999) 51:11.04[4], [9] 

William C. Francis, 124 IBLA 119, GFS(O&G) 37(1992) 56:13.02[3] 

Wilson v. Texas Co., 237 S.W.2d 649 (Tex. Civ. App.—Fort Worth 1951, writ ref’d n.r.e.) 54:29.03, 

.03[1] 

Windsor Gas Corp. v. Railroad Commission, 529 S.W.2d 834 (Tex. Ct. Civ. App. 1975) 56:18.04[2][m] 

Winters v. United States, 207 U.S. 564 (1908) 53:16.03[2]; 56:9.06[3][a] 

Wisconsin v. Environmental Protection Agency, 266 F.3d 741 (7th Cir. 2001) 50:23.02[2][a] 

Wiwa v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., 226 F.3d 88 (2d Cir. 2000) 57:8.03[2][c] 

Woods v. Ratliff, 407 So. 2d 1375 (La. Ct. App. 1981) 52:10.04[1][c] 

Wright v. State Oil & Gas Board, 532 So. 2d 567 (Miss. 1988) 56:18.04[2][e] 

Wyoming v. Colorado, 259 U.S. 419 (1922) 52:21.06[2][f]; 55:18.04[2][a], .04[3] 

Wyoming v. Colorado, 286 U.S. 494 (1932) 55:18.04[3] 

Wyoming v. Colorado, 298 U.S. 573 (1936) 55:18.04[3] 

Wyoming v. Colorado, 309 U.S. 572 (1940) 55:18.04[3][a] 

Wyoming Hereford Ranch v. Hammond Packing Co., 236 P. 764 (Wyo. 1925) 57:29.03[1][d] 

Wyoming Outdoor Council, 160 IBLA 387, GFS(O&G) 2(2004) 56:13.02[3] 

Wyoming Outdoor Council, 164 IBLA 84 (2004), GFS(O&G) 3(2005) 51:11.05[1][c] 

Wyoming Outdoor Council, 171 IBLA 108, GFS(O&G) 2(2007) 54:10.04[3][b] 

Wyoming Outdoor Council, 176 IBLA 15, GFS(O&G) 15(2008) 55:14.04[1][b][i]-[ii] 

Wyoming Outdoor Council v. Army Corps of Engineers, 351 F. Supp. 2d 1232 (D. Wyo. 2005) 


Wyoming Outdoor Council v. Bosworth, 284 F. Supp. 2d 81 (D.D.C. 2003) 50:11.02[3][a] 

Wyoming Resources Corp. v. T-Chair Land Co., 49 P.3d 999 (Wyo. 2002) 52:12.03[1] 

Wyoming Sawmills Inc. v. U.S. Forest Service, 383 F.3d 1241 (10th Cir. 2004), cert. denied, 546 U.S. 811 

(2005) 54:12.04 [1][a] 

Yates v. Gulf Oil Corp., 182 F.2d 286 (5th Cir. 1950) 54:29.03[1] 

Yokel v. Hite, 809 N.E.2d 721 (Ill. App. Ct. 2004) 53:33.06[3] 

Young v. West Edmond Hunton Lime Unit, 275 P.2d 304 (Okla. 1954) 52:11.03[1][a] 

Zimmermann v. Atlas America, LLC, No. 2009-7564 (Pa. Ct. Com. Pl. Sept. 21, 2009) 57:13.03[2] 

Zinke & Trumbo, Ltd. v. State Corporation Commission, 749 P.2d 21 (Kan. 1988) 53:20.03[3][b]

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