Legal Opinion
Lloyd Hayes v. Gulf Oil Corporation, Now Known by Change of Name as Chevron Usa, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 13, 1987No. 86-2700PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Chief Judge:
We are to decide in this case whether a United States District Court sitting in the Beaumont Division of the Eastern District of Texas has jurisdiction over the subject matter of a lawsuit disputing the title to real property located in the State of Colorado. The district court in Texas held that it had subject matter jurisdiction over this Colorado dispute. The defendant Gulf Oil Corporation (Gulf) contends that the plaintiffs lawsuit, which alleges that title to an oil and gas leasehold had reverted to the plaintiff by operation of law, is a “local action,” which can only…
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