Railroad Commission of Texas v. Bass

Appeal from a final judgment awarding appellee (plaintiff below) a permanent injunction restraining the Railroad Commission, its members, agents, employees, and representatives from enforcing "Oil and Gas Conservation Rule No. 37" against appellee with respect to 3 1/2 acres of land, and from instituting any suits to collect penalties for the violation of that rule in respect to that land. The parties will be designated as in the court below.

Plaintiff questioned the constitutionality of the statute (chapter 155, General Laws of 1919), under which rule 37 was promulgated, conferring upon the…