Legal Opinion
Chuska Energy Company v. Mobil Exploration & Producing North America, Inc., (Substituting for the Superior Oil Company)
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 14, 1988No. 87-2663PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUGHES, District Judge:
Chuska Energy Company (Chuska) sued Mobil Exploration & Producing North America, Inc., (Mobil) in the district court of Harris County, Texas, for breach of an oil and gas assignment. Mobil removed the case to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas asserting federal question jurisdiction. Both companies are based in Texas so that the case could not have been removed under the court’s diversity jurisdiction.
Chuska’s motion to remand was denied because the district court concluded that a substantial federal question was presented in Mobil’s…
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