Legal Opinion
Sam Richardson, Jr., J.S. Beebe, J.S. Beebe, Jr., Joe R. May, Berg, Laney and Brown, and Jack Washington. v. Phillips Petroleum Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 25, 1986No. 85-1033PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Chief Judge.
Six independent oil and gas contractors appeal from the district court’s order dismissing with prejudice their amended complaint. The district court found that the facts and issues as determined in prior proceedings before the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission barred litigation of the facts and issues raised in the complaint. We reverse, and remand to the district court for a plenary trial.
Background
Sam Richardson and five other individuals (“the Richardson group”) hold oil leases and operate wells on a tract of land in Union County, Arkansas which is adjacent to a tract on…
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