Town of Cyril, a Municipal Corporation v. Mobil Oil Corporation, a New York Corporation and Union Texas Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware Corporation

SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.

The Town of Cyril, an Oklahoma municipality, brought this action against Mobil Oil Corporation and Union Texas Petroleum Corporation for contamination of the town’s groundwater supply. The district court held the town’s claims barred by the statute of limitations as a matter of law, and granted both defendants’ motions for summary judgment. Town of Cyril appeals, and we reverse.

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In 1923, the Town of Cyril began operating a municipal water supply and selling water to its citizens and neighboring residents. The source of the water was groundwater obtained from wells…