Legal Opinion
California v. Southland Royalty Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided October 2, 1978No. 76-1114PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
In 1925 the owners of certain acreage in Texas executed a lease which gave to Gulf Oil Corp., as lessee, the exclusive right to produce and market oil and gas from that land for the next 50 years.1 Gulf was entitled to drill wells, string telephone and telegraph wires, and build storage facilities and pipelines on the land. Gulf would also have “such other privileges as are reasonably requisite for the conduct of said operations.” App. 135. In exchange, the owners were to receive a royalty based on the quantity of natural gas produced and the number of producing wells, as well as other…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Federal Power Commission v. Natural Gas Pipeline Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. MottleySupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Phillips Petroleum Co. v. WisconsinSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Atlantic Refining Co. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by84 opinions
- Northwest Central Pipeline Corp. v. State Corporation Comm'n of Kan.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Pennzoil Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Seaboard Lumber Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1990
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Pennzoil Producing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
- City of Clarksville v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'nCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2018
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