Legal Opinion
Western Oil and Gas Association v. Kenneth Cory
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 29, 1984No. 82-4261PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TANG, Circuit Judge.
The California State Lands Commission (“Commission”) and its members appeal from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs, eight oil companies and their trade association, the Western Oil and Gas Association. The court below overturned as unconstitutional the regulations promulgated by the Commission that compute “rent” for the leasing of state-owned tidelands and submerged lands based on the volume of oil in interstate and foreign commerce passing over the leased property. We agree that the regulations violate both the Commerce Clause and the…
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