Legal Opinion
Coastal Club, Inc. v. Shell Oil Co.
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided July 11, 1942No. 632PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PORTERIE, District Judge.
The plaintiff is a Louisiana corporation and the defendant a Virginia corporation, and the matter in controversy exceeds the-sum of $3,000.00.
The petition in this suit, after setting out facts — not necessary to itemize or digest for our present purpose — concludes, in Article 9, as follows:
“It was further implied in said lease and defendant was further legally obligated after the production of oil or gas in paying quantities on said lands to proceed to drill said lands and develop the lease with reasonable diligence. This the defendant has failed and refused to do…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Neirbo Co. v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Ex Parte SchollenbergerSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Goldey v. Morning NewsSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Pennsylvania Fire Insurance v. Gold Issue Mining & Milling Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Oklahoma Packing Co. v. Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Joseph Markowitz, Trustee in Reorganization of Bay Point Corporation v. Republic National Bank of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- United States v. Nebo Oil Co.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1950
- Wier v. GrubbSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
- Robinson v. Seatex Oil Co.District Court, N.D. Texas · 1944
- First Nat. Bank in Houston, Texas v. LakeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1953
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