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The Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA), which represents power suppliers, has filed a “friend of the court” brief with the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to reverse a lower court’s decision that it says, if left standing, could threaten the integrity of privately negotiated energy contracts.

The Supreme Court last Monday declined to review lower court rulings that vacated the conviction of Enron founder Kenneth Lay for fraud and conspiracy shortly after his death last July.

The Supreme Court Monday declined to review lower court rulings that vacated the conviction of Enron founder Kenneth Lay for fraud and conspiracy shortly after his death last July.

The Virginia Supreme Court has vacated a lower court’s temporary injunction barring producer GeoMet Inc. from completing an interconnect to attach its Appalachian Basin coal seam gas production to East Tennessee Natural Gas LLC’s Jewel Ridge lateral, the company said.

The Supreme Court last Monday in a 7-0 decision came down on the side of the Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service in its nearly decade-long pursuit to recover royalties from BP America Production and another producer for coalbed methane production on federal leases in New Mexico’s San Juan Basin.

The Supreme Court Monday in a 7-0 decision came down on the side of the Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service in its nearly decade-long pursuit to recover royalties from BP America Production and another producer for production from federal natural gas leases in New Mexico’s San Juan Basin.

The federal government last week decided not to seek a U.S. Supreme Court review of lower court rulings involving Duke Energy and whether it violated New Source Review (NSR) rules regarding certain modifications to its power plants. The company is “very pleased” with the news, Duke spokesperson Randy Wheeless said.

The Supreme Court last week unanimously overturned the conviction of former Big Five accounting firm Arthur Andersen LLP, ruling that the jury in the 2002 Enron Corp.-related case was given flawed jury instructions.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously overturned the conviction of former Big Five accounting firm Arthur Andersen LLP for its part in destroying Enron Corp.-related documents because of what the court said were flawed jury instructions.