Atlantic Richfield Co. v. State of California

Opinion

HANSON, J.

Plaintiffs Atlantic Richfield Company, a Pennsylvania corporation, Mobil Oil Corporation, a New York corporation (hereinafter ARCO) brought an action for declaratory and injunctive relief against defendants, the State of California and members of the State Lands Commission (hereinafter the State).

The declaratory relief cause of action sought resolution of a dispute that had arisen between ARCO and the State over the manner in which royalties payable to the State by ARCO under two offshore oil and gas leases were to be computed. More specifically, the parties disagreed…