Railroad Commission of Texas v. Mote Resources

EARL W. SMITH, Justice.

Appellees Mote Resources, Inc., et al. 1 filed suit in the district court of Travis County against the Railroad Commission of Texas (hereinafter called the Commission) contending that a final order of the Commission entered on October 20, 1980, in Oil and Gas Docket No. 9-72,922 was erroneous and unlawful because it was contrary to Tex.Nat.Res.Code Ann., § 85.055 and Chapter 86, Subchapter D (1977) in that the order of the Commission attempted to prorate gas production from numerous separate and distinct common reservoirs on a consolidated basis. Plaintiffs sought to…