Legal Opinion
Resources Investment Corp. v. Enron Corp.
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided September 10, 1987No. Civ. A. 87-K-678PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
KANE, District Judge.
This is an action for breach of contract. I assume jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Venue is proper under 28 U.S.C. § 1391(a).
Plaintiffs have instituted this action alleging non-performance of 32 contracts executed over a period of 18 years. These contracts concern gas reserves in three states — Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas 1 . The contracts all contain terms creating what are known as “take-or-pay” obligations. Defendants undertook to purchase a specified quantity of gas each year. If in any year defendants did not accept delivery of…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Northern Indiana Public Service Company, an Indiana Corporation v. Carbon County Coal Company, a PartnershipCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. v. State Oil & Gas BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Mississippi Power & Light Company v. United Gas Pipe Line Company, State of Mississippi, Plaintiff-IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Arkansas Natural Gas Co. v. Arkansas Railroad CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Transamerica Oil Corporation v. Lynes, Inc. And Baker International CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Prenalta Corp. v. Colorado Interstate Gas Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1991
- El Paso Natural Gas Co. v. Minco Oil & Gas Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1998
- Sabine Corp. v. ONG Western, Inc.District Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1989
- Colorado Interstate Gas Co. v. Chemco, Inc.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1993
- Colorado Interstate Gas Co. v. Chemco, Inc.Colorado Court of Appeals · 1992
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