Research Fuels, Inc. v. United States Department of Energy

WESLEY E. BROWN, Judge.

Appellant Research Fuels, Inc. (“RFI”), appeals the district court’s ruling granting summary judgment in favor of the United States Department of Energy (“DOE”). The dispute concerns a claim filed by RFI in a special refund proceeding administered by the Office of Hearings and Appeals (“OHA”) of the Department of Energy. The OHA denied the claim, finding that RFI had not demonstrated that it was entitled to recover out of a special fund set up to compensate victims of regulatory violations committed by Marathon Petroleum Company. RFI appealed OHA’s ruling to the U.S.…