Japan Petroleum Co.(Nigeria) Ltd. v. Ashland Oil

Decided August 11, 1978. Caleb Merrill Wright wrote the opinion for the court.

456 F. Supp. 831 · Cited 94 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Pauley Petroleum Inc. v. Continental Oil Company · 239 A.2d 629
• Berkey v. Third Avenue Railway Co. · 155 N.E. 58
• Consolidated Rock Products Co. v. Du Bois · 312 U.S. 510
• Owl Fumigating Corporation v. California Cyanide Co. · 24 F.2d 718
• Conley v. Gibson · 355 U.S. 41
• Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co. · 313 U.S. 487
• Eastern Industries, Inc. v. Traffic Controls, Inc. · 142 F. Supp. 381
• Lowendahl v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad · 247 A.D. 144
• American Trading & Production Corp. v. Fischbach & Moore, Inc. · 311 F. Supp. 412
• National Bond Finance Co. v. General Motors Corp. · 238 F. Supp. 248
• Cone Mills Corporation v. Hurdle · 369 F. Supp. 426
• Lang v. Colonial Pipeline Company · 266 F. Supp. 552
• Buechner v. Farbenfabriken Bayer Aktiengesell · 154 A.2d 684

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