Legal Opinion
Ward v. Corporation Commission
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided September 19, 1972No. 44894 and 45043PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVISON, Vice Chief Justice:
We have heretofore answered many questions that have been presented by the application of 52 O.S.1961 § 87.1 (Supp. 1963) and its statutory predecessors which delegated to the Corporation Commission (Commission) the power and imposed the duty to prevent or minimize waste and drainage within a “common source of supply” as therein defined, of oil or gas or of oil and gas as therein defined.
To accomplish this statutory purpose, our Legislature designed procedures to prevent the drilling of unnecessary wells. Stated simply § 87.1 authorizes the Commission to establish…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Thompson v. Consolidated Gas Utilities Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Patterson v. Stanolind Oil & Gas Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1938
- Patterson v. Stanolind Oil & Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- State Ex Rel. Commissioners of the Land Office v. Carter Oil Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1958
- Wood Oil Co. v. Corporation CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1950
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Bennion v. Utah State Board of Oil, Gas & MiningUtah Supreme Court · 1983
- Anderson v. Dyco Petroleum Corp.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1989
- Bennion v. ANR Production Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1991
- Atlantic Richfield Co. v. TomlinsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1993
- Cowling v. Board of Oil, Gas & MiningUtah Supreme Court · 1991
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