Legal Opinion
Billy Ray Eubanks v. Getty Oil Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 22, 1990No. 89-3268PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
In this case we are called upon to decide whether a decision of an Alabama court upholding a state agency’s order unitizing a gas field operates as a collateral estoppel to preclude appellant’s antitrust claim.
I. Facts and Prior Proceedings
Appellant Eubanks owns an 8.333 percent working interest in a gas/condensate well in the Hatter’s Pond Field in Mobile County, Alabama. 1 Texaco, Inc., successor to Getty Oil Co., owns approximately 95 percent of the total working interest in the field. 2 Texaco currently operates all the wells in the field.
On May 31, 1982,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. Grinnell Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1966
- James Talcott, Inc. v. Allahabad Bank, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Adman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- AAA Equipment & Rental, Inc. v. BaileySupreme Court of Alabama · 1980
- Pierce v. RummellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1988
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