Legal Opinion
Energy Oils, Inc. v. Montana Power Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 29, 1980No. 78-1066PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARTELS, District Judge:
This is an appeal in a diversity action by Energy Oils, Inc., et al. (“Energy” or “appellants”) from a judgment in favor of the defendant, The Montana Power Company (“Montana”) entered in the United States District Court for the District of Montana (Battin, J.) after a trial without a jury. At issue for review are the construction and interpretation of two agreements with virtually identical provisions (“Energy-Bond agreements”), pursuant to which Energy assigned certain oil and gas leases to Roland Bond and Lone Star Exploration, Inc. (“Bond-Lone Star group”),1 who in…
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- Steen v. RustadMontana Supreme Court · 1957
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3Cited by25 opinions
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