Legal Opinion
Parker County v. Spindletop Oil & Gas Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Decided March 3, 1982No. C-284PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAMPBELL, Justice.
Spindletop Oil and Gas Company seeks to enjoin the Parker County taxing authorities 1 from certifying and implementing Parker County’s ad valorem tax rolls for 1979. This class action suit was filed by Spindletop, for itself and on behalf of a class of plaintiffs owning, by dollar value, more oil and gas property than other kinds of property in Parker County.
Spindletop claims oil and gas properties were placed on the 1979 tax rolls at 100% market value while all other property was assessed at varying percentages having no basis in market value. The trial court temporarily…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- State v. WhittenburgTexas Supreme Court · 1954
- City of Arlington v. CannonTexas Supreme Court · 1954
- Lively v. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1909
- Whelan v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1955
- Electra Independent School Dist. v. W. T. Waggoner EstateTexas Commission of Appeals · 1943
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Smith v. Houston Chemical Services, Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1994
- Rocky Mountain Oil & Gas Ass'n v. State Board of Equalization, Department of Revenue & TaxationWyoming Supreme Court · 1988
- In the Interest of M.M.O.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1998
- Clements v. League of United Latin American Citizens, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1991
- Grizzle Ex Rel. Grizzle v. Texas Commerce Bank, N.A., Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2001
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