Legal Opinion
Gulfstream Petroleum Corp. v. Layden
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided May 12, 1981No. 55809PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAVENDER, Justice:
This is an original action in which the petitioner, Gulfstream Petroleum Corporation, asks this court to prohibit the respondent trial judge from further proceeding in the cause before him, a quiet title action filed by Hamilton Brothers Oil Company. The land involved is section 18, township 5 north, range 17 east, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. Both Gulfstream and Hamilton Brothers own oil and gas leases in the section.
In 1978 Gulfstream filed applications with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to space and pool certain formations underlying section 18. The applications were…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Abraham v. HomerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
- State Ex Rel. Commissioners of the Land Office v. Carter Oil Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1958
- State Ex Rel. Commissioners of the Land Office v. Corporation CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1979
- Helmerich & Payne, Inc. v. Corporation CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1975
- Shell Oil Company v. KeenSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1960
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3Cited by40 opinions
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- Booth v. McKnightSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2003
- Fent v. Oklahoma Nat. Gas, a Div. of OneokSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1994
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