Legal Opinion
Adkins v. City of West Frankfort
District Court, E.D. Illinois
Decided September 7, 1943No. Civil Action 339-DPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LINDLEY, District Judge.
Plaintiff instituted this suit against the City of West Frankfort and its corporate officers to enjoin enforcement of an or dinance passed February 9, 1943, regulating drilling for oil and gas and erection, maintenance and operation of equipment used in production of oil within the City. 1 Plaintiff now seeks a preliminary injunction and defendants, in addition to resisting this application, move to dismiss the complaint for want of equity.
Bill, the owner of the oil and gas under certain property located in the city, on July 6, 1942, executed an oil lease to one…
2Cases cited47 opinions
- Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Lindsley v. Natural Carbonic Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Washington Ex Rel. Seattle Title Trust Co. v. RobergeSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Stone v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. City of GoldsboroSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Hunter v. Justice's CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1950
- City of West Frankfort v. FullopIllinois Supreme Court · 1955
- Monarski v. AlexandridesNew York Supreme Court · 1974