Legal Opinion
Jewell Robbins v. Amoco Production Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 4, 1992No. 90-4348PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
This case is part of the recent resurgence of litigation by purported heirs to portions of the famed Spindletop Oil Field, one of Texas’s most significant oil discoveries. Plaintiffs filed this $20 billion lawsuit against numerous oil companies, alleging that the companies impermissibly extracted oil and gas from lands in which the plaintiffs owned a one-eighth mineral interest. The district court entered summary judgment for the defendants. Finding no error, we affirm.
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Jewell Robbins alleges that she, individually and as attorney-in-fact for some 200 heirs of…
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