Legal Opinion
Mittelstaedt v. Santa Fe Minerals, Inc.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided March 5, 1998No. 84977PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMERS, Vice Chief Justice.
¶ 1 Gas well lessors filed suit in Federal Court, claiming they were not getting the full “3/16 of the gross proceeds received for the gas sold” as called for in-the lease. Lessee in response explained it was deducting the lessor’s share of post-production expenses in marketing the gas, and then remitting 3/16 of the proceeds as royalty. The trial court entered judgment in favor of the lessors for their portion of the proceeds deducted and withheld by the lessee, plus interest. The ■ ease is now in the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Since the case will turn on…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Garman v. Conoco, Inc.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1994
- Wood v. TXO Production Corp.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1993
- Sternberger v. Marathon Oil Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1995
- Tara Petroleum Corp. v. HugheySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1981
- Matzen v. Hugoton Production Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1958
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3Cited by43 opinions
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- Howell v. Texaco Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 2004
- Patrick D. Leggett v. EQT Production Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 2017
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