Legal Opinion
Superior Oil Co. v. Merritt
District Court, D. Utah
Decided September 16, 1985No. C 84-0447JPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JENKINS, Chief Judge.
The court heard oral arguments on the defendants’ motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s amended complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction on January 29, 1985. Arthur H. Nielsen and Thomas Jepperson appeared for the plaintiff, and Steven Boos appeared for the defendants. Following oral arguments, the court took the matter under advisement. Having considered the arguments on both sides, the court now enters this memorandum opinion.
I. Background
On May 15, 1984, the plaintiff, Superior Oil Company, filed a complaint with this court seeking damages and…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- Gully v. First Nat. Bank in MeridianSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Santa Clara Pueblo v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- United States v. WheelerSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- United States v. MazurieSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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- Weeks Construction, Inc. v. Oglala Sioux Housing Authority, United States of America, and Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
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- White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Smith Plumbing Company, Inc., Doing Business as White Mountain Supply Company, an Arizona CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- Chuska Energy Company v. Mobil Exploration & Producing North America, Inc., (Substituting for the Superior Oil Company)Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- Jicarilla Apache Tribe v. Board of County CommissionersNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1994
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