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“We respectfully submit that proration is not required to mitigate waste; waste is already addressed by strong market forces.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 2020

Sitton said while he has advocated for the state to “take a lead role in this conversation, I still have many reservations, and I will be examining heavily if and how proration could be done.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 2020

Many of our legislators were not even serving the last time a Governor had to declare our budgets in proration, making sweeping, across-the-board cuts.

From Washington Times • Feb. 4, 2020

Shareholders of Houston-based Allis-Chalmers would receive $4.25 in cash or 1.15 Seawell shares for each of their shares, subject to proration.

From Reuters • Aug. 13, 2010

But whether a system of proration based on hourly potential is as fair as one based upon estimated recoverable reserves or some other combination of factors is a question for administrative and not judicial judgment.

From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Corwin, Edward Samuel