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Energy Efficiency And Federalism, Ann E. Carlson Jan 2008

Energy Efficiency And Federalism, Ann E. Carlson

Michigan Law Review First Impressions

The U.S. system for regulating appliances—which account for a huge percentage of the nation’s carbon emissions—is a mess. Since the federal government began regulating appliance efficiency in the 1970s, the process has been characterized by frequent delays and foot-dragging, followed by lawsuits and legislative overhauls. Amidst the turmoil, a number of states have attempted to assert leadership in setting appliance standards but have often faced federal roadblocks in doing so.


Constitutional Law - Oil And Gas - Validity Of Well-Spacing Act - Proportionate Sharing Of Proceeds By Owners Of Land In Statutory Drilling Unit, Leonard D. Verdier Jr. Apr 1939

Constitutional Law - Oil And Gas - Validity Of Well-Spacing Act - Proportionate Sharing Of Proceeds By Owners Of Land In Statutory Drilling Unit, Leonard D. Verdier Jr.

Michigan Law Review

Acting under the Well-Spacing Act, the Corporation Commission of Oklahoma divided certain rural oil areas into tenacre drilling units. Plaintiff owned six and one-quarter acres of a drilling unit, and the well, located in the center of the unit, was wholly on his land. The statute provided that each of the various owners of tracts making up a drilling unit should share in the oil royalties in the proportion that the acreage of his tract bore to the total acreage of the drilling unit. Plaintiff sought to recover all the royalty on oil produced from the well, contending that the …