A monumental victory for the Swinomish Indian Tribe was announced this spring when a judge in the Western District of Washington ordered BNSF Railway Company to pay nearly $400 million in profits damages to the Swinomish...more
The central issue in the Texas case of Cook v. Cimarex Energy Co.: Did Cook grant Cimarex a right of way across Cook’s land to the location of two Cimarex wells. No he didn’t. Reversing the trial court, the court of appeals...more