Amerada Petroleum Corp. v. Railroad Commission of Texas

HUGHES, Justice.

I respectfully dissent.

It seems to me to be too simple to hold that the Supreme Court in Harrington has laid to rest all questions pertaining to applications to redrill slanted oil wells regardless of the facts and circumstances relevant to such applications.

The facts and circumstances present here were not, nor were similar facts and circumstances, before the Supreme Court in Harrington and, in my opinion, such case is not controlling here.

It is quite true that the Commission cannot adjudicate titles or fix boundaries to land or make binding construction of contracts. It is…