Legal Opinion
Barnwell Drilling Co., Inc., Barnwell, Inc., and R. S. Barnwell Sr., and R. S. Barnwell, Jr., D/B/A Barnwell Production Company v. Sun Oil Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 20, 1962No. 19151PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from the district court’s order denying the appellants a temporary injunction pending a final hearing on the merits. The controversy arose because of the undisputed intention of the defendant, Sun Oil Company, to take advantage of an order entered by the Mississippi State Oil and Gas Board under Chapter 256, Laws of Mississippi 1948, as amended, which permitted Sun Oil Company to proceed with a secondary recovery method for the recovery of oil from a pool existing in the McComb oil field area. This secondary recovery method admittedly involved the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- United States v. W. T. Grant Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Yakus v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- United States v. CorrickSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Detroit Football Company v. John RobinsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Millette v. Phillips Petroleum Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1950
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- United States v. Theron C. Lynd, Circuit Court Clerk and Registrar, Forrest County, Mississippi, and State of MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Chester Wooten, Sheriff of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana v. John B. Ohler, an IndividualCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Nalco Chemical Company v. Merwin G. HallCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
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