Legal Opinion
Mesa Petroleum Co. v. Cities Service Co.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 18, 1983No. Nos. 82-1838, 82-2614, 82-2615 and 83-1082PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TIMBERS, Circuit Judge.
The chief issue presented by these consolidated appeals is the constitutionality of the Oklahoma Take-Over Bid Act, 71 O.S. §§ 431-450 (1981) (Oklahoma Act or the Act).
The District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, David L. Russell, District Judge, struck down the Act on the ground that it violated the commerce clause of the United States Constitution. We agree. We affirm.
Our task in deciding these appeals has been rendered easier by the recent decision of the Supreme Court in Edgar v. MITE Corp., 457 U.S. 624 (1982), which struck down as unconstitutional a…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Babbitt v. United Farm Workers National UnionSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Leroy v. Great Western United Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Edgar v. Mite Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Lake Carriers' Assn. v. MacMullanSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by14 opinions
- David A. Clarke v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1990
- Dynamics Corporation of America, Counterdefendant-Appellee v. Cts Corporation, Counterplaintiff-Appellant. State of Indiana, Intervenor-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Las Vegas Novelty, Inc. v. FernandezNevada Supreme Court · 1990
- TLX Acquisition Corp. v. Telex Corp.District Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1987
- Unisys Corporation v. Dataware Products, Inc. And William J. CunninghamCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
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