Legal Opinion
Phillips Petroleum Company v. Grady Hazlewood, Alstar Production Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 23, 1976No. 76-1290PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
This interpleader action involves competing claims to suspense money constituting partial payment for casinghead gas sold to Phillips Petroleum Company. The district court awarded the suspense money, plus interest, to defendant Hazlewood, the assignor-claimant, and denied attorney’s fees to the stakeholder Phillips. Alstar Production, the assignee-claimant, and Phillips both appeal.
Hazlewood entered into a casinghead gas contract with Phillips on January 11, 1962, under which Hazlewood was to receive a percentage of the price Phillips was paid by the purchaser of the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Northern Natural Gas Co. v. GroundsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1971
- Anna Knoll and Rose Keller v. Socony Mobil Oil Company, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1966
- Phillips Petroleum Co. v. AdamsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- First National Bank in Dodge City v. Johnson County National Bank & Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1964
- Century Ins. v. First Nat. Bank of Hughes Springs, Tex.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1939
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Stahl Petroleum Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1978
- Rhoades v. CaseyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- Perkins State Bank, a Florida Banking Corporation v. John Connolly, the Hanover National Bank of Wilkes-BarreCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Shutts v. Phillips Petroleum Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1977
- Phillips Petroleum Co. v. GillmanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1980
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