Gruber Hurst Elrod Prevails in $33 Million Pipeline Contract Dispute

A federal court in Minnesota has ordered an Indian conglomerate to pay Houston-based Great Lakes Gas Transmission $32.9 million for failing to pay Great Lakes for natural gas transmission services the parties had agreed to in a 15-year contract.

The win is significant for Great Lakes, an interstate natural gas pipeline company, not only because it filed its lawsuit against Mumbai-based Essar Steel Limited six years ago, but also because the case presented a precedential issue of federal jurisdiction based on interstate gas pipeline tariffs, said David Elrod, Great Lakes’ lead attorney.