Samson Resources Co. v. Corporation Commission

LAVENDER, Justice:

This Court is once again called upon to enquire into the question of the scope of respondent Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s jurisdiction over matters related to the development of oil and gas drilling operations. Petitioner, Samson Resources Company, contends that the Commission is attempting to exercise jurisdiction over an area of private contractual relationships. Respondents Commission and Tenneco Oil Company argue that the matter is within the Commission’s jurisdiction as it involves the shibboleth “correlative rights.”

This dispute came before the Commission on the…