Legal Opinion
A. L. Massey v. Gulf Oil Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 21, 1975No. 72-3057PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:
This appeal follows a new trial granted by the District Judge. We review the correctness of the order granting that new trial and decide that it was not erroneous.
Plaintiffs own a 1/32 non-participating royalty interest in 122 acres of the Soso Oil Field in Mississippi. They and the other owners of royalty and operating interests in the Soso Field entered into a unitization agreement. This is an agreement under which royalty owners and operators of tracts in a field agree to combine or “pool” the tracts for operational purposes into a single unit to be operated in an…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Marsh v. Illinois Cent. R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1949
- Gorsalitz v. Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- United States of America, for the Use and Benefit of Weyerhaeuser Company v. Bucon Construction Company, Inc., and Travelers Indemnity CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Floyd B. O'Neil v. W. R. Grace & Company and Maryland Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by50 opinions
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- Irving Sulmeyer and Arnold L. Kupetz, Co-Trustees in Bankruptcy for Bubble Up Corporation v. Coca Cola CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Shows v. Jamison Bedding, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
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