Legal Opinion
Locke v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 25, 1935No. 7475PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
The United States brought a bill in the District Court against N. S. Locke and others, praying a temporary and permanent injunction against their “producing from any of their wells petroleum in excess of the permissible daily production for each of such wells as determined by the orders of the Railroad Commission of Texas.” It alleged that excessive production for several years had seriously affected the whole petroleum industry and diminished and disorganized interstate commerce in it; that a code of fair competition for the petroleum industry had been approved by the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Ryan v. Amazon Petroleum CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1934
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