Legal Opinion
Bandini Petroleum Co. v. Superior Court, Los Angeles Cty.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 23, 1931No. 43PublishedCited by 159 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hughes
The appellants are producers of oil and gas from their respective wells in the Santa Fe Springs oil field in Los Angeles County, California. In September, 1929, the State, acting through its Director of Natural Resources, brought suit in the Superior Court of the State against the appellants and- others, seeking to enjoin an alleged unreasonable waste of natural gas in that field: The authority for the suit was found in §§ 8b and 14b of what is called the Oil and Gas Conservation Act of California. Stats. Cal. 1915, c. 718; 1917, c. 759; 1919, c. 536; 1921, c. 912; 1929, c. 535. Section 8b…
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