Legal Opinion
The Petromanagement Corporation, a Nevada Corporation v. Acme-Thomas Joint Venture and J.L. Thomas Engineering, Inc., an Oklahoma Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 6, 1988No. 86-1012PublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOGAN, Circuit Judge.
I
Facts
In this appeal, we review the district court’s dismissal of a diversity suit as barred by res judicata (claim preclusion). 1 Canaden Petroleum Resources, Inc. (Cana-den), the predecessor in interest to plaintiff-appellant, The Petromanagement Corporation (Petromanagement), entered into an oil and gas exploration option agreement by which it agreed to purchase from Acme Development, Inc. “up to twenty-eight” oil and gas leases in packages at a per lease price. Acme Drilling & Exploration Company was to drill under a turnkey drilling contract in the form and for…
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