Legal Opinion
Iberian Oil Corporation v. Texas Crude Oil Company
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided January 17, 1963No. Civ. A. 8723PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, District Judge.
ON SUMMARY JUDGMENT
This suit is before the Court on defendant’s motion for summary judgment. Originally filed in the Sixteenth Judicial District Court of Louisiana, in St. Martin Parish, on February 19, 1962, it was removed here on March 5,1962. This court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1332 and 1441.
Briefly stated, it appears that on December 2, 1960, Phillips Petroleum Company transferred certain leases and portions of leases to Iberian under an operating “farmout” agreement for oil development. This basic contract was itself transferred by Iberian to defendant…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Roberson v. Pioneer Gas Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1931
- Surkin v. CharterisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
- Edwards v. Standard Oil Co. of LouisianaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1932
- Rudnick v. Union Producing Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1946
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Hoover Tree Farm, L.L.C. v. Goodrich Petroleum Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2011
- Cameron Meadows Land Co. v. BullardLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1977
- Hilliard v. FranzheimLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1965
- Cox v. Cardinal Drilling CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1966
- Iberian Oil Corp. v. Phillips Petroleum Co.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1964
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