Legal Opinion
Rutherford Oil Corp. v. General Land Office of the State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided June 28, 1989No. 3-89-060-CVPublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHANNON, Chief Justice.
Appellants 1 challenge a Travis County district court order which dissolved a temporary injunction. We will reverse the order and remand the cause with instructions to the district court to reinstate the temporary injunction.
Rutherford leased mineral rights on various tracts of state land for which Rutherford paid the State a royalty. As part of its constitutional and statutory duties, the General Land Office (GLO) periodically reviewed the Rutherford payments to insure that the State received its full royalty. In 1986, the GLO determined that the Rutherford payments…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Tumey v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Gibson v. BerryhillSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Transport Co. of Texas v. Robertson TransportsTexas Supreme Court · 1953
- Texas Foundaries, Inc. v. International Molders & Foundry Workers UnionTexas Supreme Court · 1952
- International Telephone & Telegraph Corp., Communications Equipment & Systems Division v. Local 134, International Brotherhood of Electrical WorkersSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by37 opinions
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