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Amoco Production Co. v. Carter Farms Co.

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided August 2, 1985No. 15644PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

FEDERICI, Chief Justice.

Carter Farms Company, (Carter Farms), a limited partnership brought suit in the District Court of Eddy County to recover damages for the alleged negligent construction and operation of Amoco Production Company’s (Amoco) drilling site and the alleged willful and wanton refusal by Amoco to restore the area in question to the condition it was in prior to the commencement of its oil and gas operations. Amoco filed an answer denying liability and asserting in defense that Amoco’s use of a 4.53 acre location for its well, identified as Carter Communitized No. 1 Well,…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Getty Oil Company v. JonesTexas Supreme Court · 1971
  2. Terry v. HumphreysNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1922
  3. Warren Petroleum Corporation v. MonzingoTexas Supreme Court · 1957
  4. Hunt Oil Co. v. KerbaughNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1979
  5. Tenneco Oil Company v. AllenSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1973

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. McNeill v. Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 2008
  2. McNeill v. Burlington Resource Oil & Gas Co.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 2006
  3. Castillo v. City of Las VegasNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2008
  4. Kysar v. Amoco Production Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 2004
  5. New Mexico v. General Electric Co.District Court, D. New Mexico · 2004

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