Legal Opinion
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. v. State ex rel. Commissioners of the Land Office
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided March 4, 1997No. 84446PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMMS, Justice:
Is the State of Oklahoma ex. rel. Commissioners of the Land Office (CLO) entitled to additional royalty payments in a sum equal to its fractional share of the value of all gross production and excise taxes that were assessed against gas production and which were paid by the purchaser? We hold that the CLO is not entitled to additional royalty.
The material facts are not in dispute. The plaintiffs in the trial court (only one of the plaintiffs, ANR Production Company (ANR), is the appellee in this appeal) own five oil and gas leases issued by the CLO covering Section 10, Township…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Wood v. TXO Production Corp.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1993
- Hoover & Bracken Energies, Inc. v. United States Department of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1983
- Mesa Operating Limited Partnership v. U.S. Department of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
- TXO Production Corp. v. State Ex Rel. Commissioners of the Land OfficeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1994
- Enron Oil and Gas Co. v. LujanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Mittelstaedt v. Santa Fe Minerals, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1998
- Mittelstaedt v. Santa Fe Minerals, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1998