Joseph A. Winkler v. Texoma Production Company, a Corporation, and Terra Resources, Inc., a Corporation

This is a suit to quiet title to several federal oil and gas leases. The plaintiff became the lessee of record following litigation over a drawing held on simultaneous filings, and following administrative remedies initiated by plaintiff. The suit seeks to remove from the leasehold the operating interests of appellees thereon which had been assigned to them by the previous lessee before it was divested of the lease as a result of the litigation.

The appellees had not been involved in the previous suits. The trial court held that the plaintiff could not prevail because he had not exhausted his…