RAILROAD COM'N v. Pend Oreille Oil & Gas Co., Inc.

OPINION

CORNYN, Justice.

This case involves the application of the Mineral Interest Pooling Act (MIPA)1 by the Texas Railroad Commission to a pooled gas unit in Live Oak County. The interest owner who was force pooled appealed the commission’s decision through the administrative appeals process to the court of appeals. That court reversed in part, affirmed in part and partially vacated the district court’s judgment, which affirmed the commission’s order. 788 S.W.2d 878. The MIPA applicant, the MIPA contestant and the commission filed applications for writ of error, all of which we granted. This…