Samson Resources Co. v. Corporation Commission

The dispositive issue in this case is: May the Corporation Commission [Commission] decide a controversy between a working interest owner and a well operator who was appointed under a voluntary pooling agreement to which the working interest owner was not a party? The court’s decision places the dispute beyond the jurisdiction of the Commission and within the cognizance of the district court. Because the controversy calls for an exercise of regulatory power over correlative rights of mineral, royalty and working interest owners within a spacing unit established by the Commission, and the…