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Amazon Petroleum Corporation v. Railroad Commission

District Court, E.D. Texas

Decided February 12, 1934No. 652PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*634HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs, owners and operators of oil wells in East Texas, to prevent what they alleged to be unconstitutional, illegal, and confiscatory penalties under state statutes, brought these suits in the Eastern District of Texas against the members of the Railroad Commission and their agents, the Attorney General of Texas, and district and county attorneys.- Specifically invoking the Fourteenth Amendment, they sought injunctive relief, interlocutory and final, to restrain the enforcement against them of the orders of the Railroad Commission limiting their production of…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Constantin v. SmithDistrict Court, E.D. Texas · 1932
  2. People's Petroleum Producers, Inc. v. SterlingDistrict Court, E.D. Texas · 1932
  3. MacMillan v. Railroad Commission of TexasDistrict Court, W.D. Texas · 1931
  4. F. C. Henderson, Inc. v. Railroad Commission of TexasDistrict Court, W.D. Texas · 1932
  5. Danciger Oil & Refining Co. of Texas v. SmithDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1933

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Burford v. Sun Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. Panama Refining Co. v. RyanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  3. Railroad Commission of Texas v. Rowan & Nichols Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
  4. Ryan v. Amazon Petroleum CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1934
  5. Griswold v. the President of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1936

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