Amoco Production Company v. Leland M. Jacobs and Ethel D. Jacobs

WILLIAM E. DOYLE, Circuit Judge.

INTRODUCTION

This is an oil and gas law unitization case in which the Jacobs, the defendants-appellants here, appeal the district court’s declaratory judgment which held valid a certain oil, gas and mineral lease between Amoco, as lessee, and the Jacobs, as lessors.

The Jacobs, husband and wife, are seeking a judicial declaration that a certain oil, gas, and mineral lease between them as lessors, and Amoco Production Company, as lessee, has expired. The Jacobs seek to obtain an order which reverses the order of the district court below. They urge this court to…