Legal Opinion
The Piney Woods Country Life School v. Shell Oil Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 27, 1990No. 89-4397PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
I. Course of Proceedings.
On December 27, 1974, the Piney Woods Country Life School and the other plaintiffs (collectively, “royalty owners”), all of whom were mineral lessors in Rankin County, Mississippi, filed this suit against their lessee, defendant Shell Oil Company. The royalty owners claimed that Shell had failed to pay royalty based upon the market value of the natural gas extracted, as required by the express terms of their leases. They asserted (and still maintain in this appeal) that Shell’s payment of royalty based upon the proceeds Shell received…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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3Cited by39 opinions
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