Legal Opinion
Barwise v. Sheppard
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 9, 1936No. 10PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Van Dev an ter
delivered the opinion of the Court.
A statute of the State of Texas imposing a tax on the production of oil is here challenged as violating the contract clause of the Constitution of the United States and the due process of law clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
The appellants own lands from which oil is produced under a . lease given in 1925. The lease is in the usual form of an oil lease; invests the lessee with the right to explore for and produce oil; shows that the production is to be for the mutual benefit of the lessor and lessee; fixes the lessor’s proportion,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Providence Bank v. BillingsSupreme Court of the United States · 1830
- Chanler v. KelseySupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- HENDERSON BRIDGE COMPANY v. Henderson CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Kehrer v. StewartSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Clement National Bank v. VermontSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Carmichael v. Southern Coal & Coke Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Exxon Corp. v. EagertonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- State v. Standard Oil Co. of LouisianaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1937
- Katie Arsberry v. State of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
- Sheppard v. Stanolind Oil & Gas Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1939
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