Legal Opinion
Pan American Petroleum Corporation v. Udall
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 11, 1961No. Civ. A. 960-60PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McLAUGHLIN, District Judge.
This is an action to recover certain compensatory oil royalties paid under protest. There is no dispute as to the material facts, which were introduced at trial by stipulation and exhibits.
Plaintiff is an oil producer, being lessee under a number of oil leases with restricted Indians of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota.
In 1953, Plaintiff brought in a producing well on the land of one Woodrow Star (the well being hereafter referred to as the Star well). The Star tract was adjacent to the land of another Indian, Ella Many Ribs, with whom Plaintiff…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Kerrison v. StewartSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- United States v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Adams v. WitmerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958
- Green v. BrophyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
- Continental Oil Co. v. United States. United States v. Continental Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1950
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of Indians, Eagle Butte, South Dakota v. United States of America and Peter Hiatt, Eagle Butte, South DakotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1964
- Jimmie Cook, a Single Woman v. El Paso Natural Gas Company, a Delaware Corporation, and Phillips Petroleum Company, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1977
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