Legal Opinion
Kern Oil & Refining Co. v. Tenneco Oil Co.
Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals
Decided January 27, 1989No. 9-99PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHRISTENSEN, Judge.
From numerous issues and a welter of proceedings in the district court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the Supreme Court, and contemporaneously the Department of Energy, has emerged for our decision a single issue: whether the award of prejudgment interest in a case brought under § 210(a) of the Economic Stabilization Act (ESA)1 is precluded where the damages claimed are un-liquidated and not readily ascertainable.
In consolidated actions filed by Kern Oil & Refining Co. (“Kern”) against Tenneco Oil Company (“Tenneco”), the district court found…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Cavnar v. Quality Control Parking, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1985
- Miller v. RobertsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Funkhouser v. J. B. Preston Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
- United States v. Exxon Corp.Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals · 1985
- Kern Oil & Refining Co., Plaintiff/counter-Defendant/appellee v. Tenneco Oil Company, Defendant/counter-Claimant/appellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
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- Conoco Inc. v. United States Department of EnergyDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1994
- Mobil Oil Corp. v. United States Department of EnergyDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1989
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