September 08, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch denied Sunoco's emergency bid to stall the payout of a $155 million judgment against the company to well royalty owners, ignoring pleas that the Tenth Circuit has put the gas giant in an "impossible" position by refusing to hear its appeal.
August 30, 2022
Sunoco has filed an emergency request with the U.S. Supreme Court to put brakes on attempts to pay out a $155 million judgment to oil well owners over late royalty payments, claiming the Tenth Circuit has put it in an "impossible position" by disregarding basic jurisdictional rules.
July 18, 2022
Royalty owners told the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday that Sunoco has no grounds to argue that the Tenth Circuit wrongly refused to decide the finality of a lower court's $155 million judgment in a class action over alleged underpayments.
May 03, 2022
Sunoco has told the U.S. Supreme Court that the Tenth Circuit put it in an impossible position by refusing to decide the finality of a lower court's $155 million judgment in a class action brought by royalty owners, arguing that the decision "effectively rendered protective appeals a dead letter" in the circuit.