Legal Opinion
Continental Oil Co. v. United States. United States v. Continental Oil Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 16, 1950No. 11774PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POPE, Circuit Judge.
In 1929 and 1930 the United States issued to appellants Continental Oil Company and General Petroleum Corporation, herein called, respectively, Continental and General, various oil and gas leases, covering lands in the Kettleman Hills field in California. The leases were made pursuant to section 14 of the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, 41 Stat. 442, 30 U.S.C.A. § 223.
The Secretary of the Interior, asserting that the posted prices for crude oil in the field, and the prices at which these companies sold and disposed of natural dry gas and natural-gas gasoline, 1…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Mason v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
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3Cited by33 opinions
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