Cases Settle as Result of Firm's Work in Missouri Gas Energy

As a result of the favorable outcome in the U.S. Supreme Court in the Missouri Gas Energy case (see below) in the year 2010, the firm was successful in settling numerous related cases on behalf of counties and their county assessors:

settlements in related gas storage cases filed in the District Court for Beckham County, Oklahoma, resulted in total payments of approximately $4.5 million to the county. The settlement beneficiaries were the Elk City Public Schools, Erick Public Schools, Merritt Public Schools, Sayre Public Schools, Beckham County Vo-Tech, Beckham County General Fund and the Beckham County Health Department;

settlements in related gas storage cases filed in the District Court for Grant County, Oklahoma, resulted in total payments in excess of $3 million to the county. The settlement beneficiaries were the Deer Creek-Lamont Public Schools, Wakita Public Schools, Medford Public Schools, Pond Creek-Hunter Public Schools, Grant County General Fund and the Grant County Health Department; and

settlements in related gas storage cases filed in the District Court for Woods County, Oklahoma, resulted in total payments of approximately $1.4 million to the county. The settlement beneficiaries were the Woods County Public Schools, Woods County Vo-Tech and the Woods County General Fund.