Legal Opinion
Bailey v. Shell Western E & P, Inc.
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided April 22, 2008No. Civil Action H-05-1029PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion on Summary Judgment
LYNN N. HUGHES, District Judge.
1. Introduction.
Three plaintiffs accuse oil companies of purposefully miscalculating royalty payments to their detriment. Though they sue under a wide variety of poorly defined legal theories, the case is essentially a contract dispute. The plaintiffs signed the contract, and it is clear about the parties’ rights and duties. The method used by the oil companies to calculate royalty payments is proper. After some twenty years of baseless complaints and fifteen years of expensive, unnecessary litigation, this is the end.
2. McElmo Dome.
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2Cases cited21 opinions
- Marbury v. MadisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1803
- Heritage Resources, Inc. v. NationsBankTexas Supreme Court · 1997
- Schlumberger Technology Corp. v. SwansonTexas Supreme Court · 1997
- Baltimore Steamship Co. v. PhillipsSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Farm Credit Bank of WichitaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2000
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Bailey v. Shell Western E&P, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2010
- David Ohrt, Sandra Hester, and Judy Sinast v. Union Gas Corporation, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2012
- In re Samson Resources Corp.United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Delaware · 2017
- James Waggoner v. Denbury Onshore, L.L.C.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2015