Legal Opinion
Mobil Oil Corp. v. Coastal Petroleum Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 4, 1982No. Nos. 81-5533, 81-5812PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
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These consolidated appeals arise out of a lawsuit whose complex procedural history we need only summarize. On September 24, 1976, Mobil Oil Corporation (Mobil) filed a complaint in the Circuit Court for Leon County, Florida, seeking a declaration of its rights under an oil exploration agreement with Coastal Petroleum Company (Coastal). Coastal responded with five counterclaims, the second of which alleged Mobil’s conversion of phosphate from lands owned by the State of Florida and leased by Coastal. Coastal joined as a necessary party to the second counterclaim the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Gully v. First Nat. Bank in MeridianSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Smith v. Kansas City Title & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Pollard's Lessee v. HAGANSupreme Court of the United States · 1845
- Wilcox v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1839
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- James D. Ray v. The Tennessee Valley AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- State of Wisconsin, Cross-Appellant v. Odric Baker, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Coastal Petroleum Co. v. Mobil Oil Corp.Supreme Court of Florida · 1991
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