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Imperial Colliery Company v. Oxy USA Inc., (Formerly Cities Service Oil Company)

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided September 24, 1990No. 89-2373PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

OXY USA, Inc. (formerly Cities Service Oil and Gas Co.) (Oxy) appeals from a judgment awarding compensatory damages to Imperial Colliery Co. (Imperial) for Oxy’s breach of an oil and gas lease between Imperial as lessor and Oxy as lessee. We affirm the district court’s determination that Oxy was liable for breach of the lease in the ways alleged, but we vacate a portion of the court’s award of damages and remand for further proceedings on the issue of damages.

I

The basic facts are undisputed.

At all relevant times, Imperial owned and leased to Oxy 2440 acres of oil and…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
  3. Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co. v. HallSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  4. Clifton v. KoontzTexas Supreme Court · 1959
  5. Garcia v. KingTexas Supreme Court · 1942

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3Cited by18 opinions

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  3. Paulus v. Beck Energy Corp., Court of Appeals of Ohio, Seventh District, Monroe County2017
  4. Corder v. Antero Res. Corp.United States District Court · 2018
  5. W.W. McDonald Land Co. v. EQT Production Co.District Court, S.D. West Virginia · 2013

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