Legal Opinion
Cutrer v. Humble Oil & Refining Company
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided February 20, 1962No. Civ. A. 8842-BPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. SHELLY WRIGHT, District Judge.
This is the second phase 1 of a long controversy involving an oil and gas lease covering a portion of the West Black Bay field in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Though others are actively interested in the area, the particular dispute here concerns only the landowners and their lessee, the Humble Oil & Refining Company. The lessors want their property returned free of the lease, which they say has expired or should be cancelled for many reasons. The defendant oil company, on the contrary, asserts the continuing vitality of the lease, but claims a right to…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Lee v. GiauqueSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1923
- Melancon v. Texas CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1956
- Miami Corporation v. StateSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1936
- Reagan v. MurphySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1958
- Carter v. Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1948
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Phillips Petroleum Co. v. AdamsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Sellers v. Continental Oil CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1964
- Boutte v. Chevron Oil Co.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1970
- Olivier v. Humble Oil & Refining CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1963
- Cutrer v. Humble Oil & Refining Co.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1964
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