Legal Opinion
Greyhound Leasing & Financial Corporation, on Behalf of Itself and Others Similarly Situated v. Joiner City Unit
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 18, 1971No. 2-70_1PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SETH, Circuit Judge.
This is a class action which was commenced by the plaintiff which was an interest owner in two oil and gas leases and two wells which it asserted were permanently damaged by the encroachment of salt water into the underlying producing formations, caused by the secondary recovery operations of the defendant unit. The plaintiff’s wells and leases are located outside the boundaries of the unitized area operated by the defendant.
The action was tried to a jury and plaintiff recovered $142,404.41 as the damage to the Hester-Dumas lease, and the sum of $387,440.11 as damage to…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Tidewater Oil Company v. George E. Jackson and Karl B. Jackson, Doing Business in Partnership as Jackson BrothersCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1963
- Phillips Petroleum Co. v. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1949
- British-American Oil Producing Co. v. McClainSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1942
- Larkins-Warr Trust v. Watchorn Petroleum Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1946
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Philip Mowrer, as Administrator of the Estate of Estelle Lowe, Deceased v. Ashland Oil & Refining Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
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