Legal Opinion
Robert E. Leck, Kathleen F. Leck, Viola Brown, Frank E. Steele, Pearl Brock, Jerry B. Brock, and James W. Brock v. Continental Oil Company
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 31, 1992No. 91-6267PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SETH, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs are the owners of mineral interests and are the oil and gas lessors to Appellee Conoco of Section, 21, Township 13 North, Range 10 West, Canadian County, Oklahoma. This section is a drilling and spacing unit under the Oklahoma Corporation Commission regulations with Co-noco as the operator. It is designated as the Leek unit. In early 1973, Appellee as operator completed the Leek gas well in the Southeast Quarter of Section 21 and in the Atoka-Morrow formation. The well began production in May of 1973.
In 1975, Appellee drilled two wells at locations in…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Leck v. Continental Oil Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1989
- Corporation Commission v. Union Oil Co. of CaliforniaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1979
- American Bank & Trust Co. v. FrensleySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1934
- Spaeth v. Corporation CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1979
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