Legal Opinion
Kirkpatrick Oil & Gas Company v. United States of America and Thomas S. Kleppe, Secretary of the Interior
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 19, 1982No. 80-1117PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOGAN, Circuit Judge.
Kirkpatrick Oil & Gas Company (Kirkpatrick) appeals from the district court’s judgment affirming the Secretary of Interior’s determination that Kirkpatrick’s oil and gas leases on federally owned land had expired for failure to produce oil or gas in paying quantities. The controlling issue on appeal is whether, without the Secretary of Interi- or’s approval, state-compelled communitization binds the federal government as landowner, so that production from other property in the “unit” is attributed to the federal property, thereby extending the terms of the federal leases.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Wallis v. Pan American Petroleum Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Toney Gomes, Jr. v. Ellen L. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1970
- Texas Oil & Gas Corp., a Corporation, and John H. Hill, an Individual v. Phillips Petroleum Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1969
- Texas Oil and Gas Corp. v. Phillips Petroleum Co.District Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1967
- Ventura County v. Gulf Oil CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Betty Bledsoe and Gail Wesson v. Daniel v. Garcia, Bill Sieferd, and Bill PepplerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1984
- Enter GRB, LLC v. Stull Ranches, LLCCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2014
- BHP Petroleum Co., Inc. v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1989
- United States v. Terry Lee McNealCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1989
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