Legal Opinion
Tysco Oil Co. v. Railroad Commission of Texas
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided September 25, 1935No. 694PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KENNERLY, District Judge.
This is a proceeding in equity by plaintiff against the city of South Houston, in this district and division, and its officers, and the Railroad Commission of Texas, attacking as constitutionally invalid under the Federal Constitution an ordinance passed February 14, 1935, by the mayor and city commissioners or aldermen of such city, regulating (title 28, Texas Revised Civil Statutes of 1925 and Amendments [Vernon’s Ann. Civ. St. Tex. art. 961 et seq.]) the search and drilling for, and production of, oil and gas within said city. Also attacking a regulation or order…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Brown v. Humble Oil & Refining Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1935
- Zahn v. Board of Public WorksSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Gorieb v. FoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Railroad Commission v. Los Angeles Railway Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Gant v. Oklahoma CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1933
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Hunter v. Justice's CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1950
- Tysco Oil Co. v. Railroad Commission of TexasDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1935
- Adkins v. City of West FrankfortDistrict Court, E.D. Illinois · 1943
- Mills v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1958