Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Pollution Control Co. v. Kerr-McGee Corp.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided February 18, 1975No. 46946PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HODGES, Justice.
The Pollution Control Coordinating Board (Board) contends that the District Court erred when it sustained the general and special demurrers of Kerr-McGee Corporation (Kerr-McGee), Midland Cooperative Inc. (Midland) and Cushing Tank Car Company, Inc. (Cushing) in its pre-trial order.
The Board brought an action against Kerr-McGee, Midland, and Cushing alleging that as the result of their combined negligence deleterious substances were deposited into Skull Creek which subsequently flowed into the Cimmaron River resulting in the death of 171,804 fish. The action was based on 82…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. SeegersSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Broadhead v. MonaghanMississippi Supreme Court · 1960
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Kimberly v. DeWittCourt of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 1980
- State ex rel. Pollution Control Coordinating Board v. Kerr-McGee Corp.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1980
- East v. BrownCourt of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 1999
- Wiles v. Grace Petroleum Corp.Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 1983
- B & W Operating, L.L.C. v. Corporation CommissionCourt of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 2015
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