ANR Pipeline Co. v. Shell Oil Co.

This is an interlocutory appeal from the Court of Chancery that is being considered by this Court on an expedited basis. All of the parties are Delaware corporations. The Chancery action was commenced on September 8, 1986 with the plaintiff’s request for a declaratory judgment. The underlying dispute involves the proper construction of a force majeure clause in contracts between these parties.

Following the initiation of the Chancery action, the parties sought to settle their dispute and entered into a stipulation which provided that no further litigation could be initiated except upon notice…