Oil Well Interest Owners Seek Denial Of Sunoco’s Petition Challenging $155M Award

Mealey's (July 26, 2022, 7:22 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A petition by Sunoco Inc. and Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals LP (together, Sunoco) challenging the 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ dismissal of Sunoco’s appeal of $155 million in class damages should be denied as the petition “presents a false issue” and identifies no circuit split because the 10th Circuit’s decision “was technically sound,” a class of Oklahoma oil well interest owners argue in their brief in opposition filed July 15 in the U.S. Supreme Court....