Legal Opinion
Independent Gas & Oil Producers, Inc. v. Union Oil Company of California
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 21, 1982No. 80-1380PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.
This diversity case involves examination of an oil and gas agreement under Oklahoma law. At issue is the validity of the claim of an overriding royalty interest by Union Oil of California (Union) in an oil and gas lease obtained by Independent Oil & Gas Producers, Inc. (Independent). The trial court upheld the claim, and we affirm.
The basic circumstances generating this appeal are not in controversy. In 1957, the owner of the minerals underlying a certain tract of land in Garfield County, Oklahoma, executed an oil and gas lease covering his interest (Lease I). Lease I…
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