Legal Opinion
K. & L. OIL CO. v. Oklahoma City
District Court, W.D. Oklahoma
Decided April 4, 1936No. 1838PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McDERMOTT, Circuit Judge.
By a zoning ordinance passed in 1923, as amended in 1929, drilling for oil is prohibited in Oklahoma City except in the U-7 zone. The City Council of Oklahoma City has refused to place a forty-acre unimproved tract in the heart of one of its finest residence sections in the U-7 zone. The oil lessee proceeded to construct a derrick; its employees were arrested and such arrests will continue. Contending that the zoning ordinance preventing drilling on this tract is an exercise of arbitrary power, this suit to enjoin the city from enforcing its zoning ordinance was…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Ohio Oil Company v. IndianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Gant v. Oklahoma CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Marblehead Land Co. v. City of Los AngelesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1931
- Beveridge v. Harper & Turner Oil TrustSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1934
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Consolidated Rock Products Co. v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1962
- Blancett v. MontgomeryCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1966
- Tulsa Rock Co. v. Board of County Commissioners of Rogers CountyCourt of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 1975
- Adkins v. City of West FrankfortDistrict Court, E.D. Illinois · 1943
- Consolidated Rock Products Co. v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1962