Legal Opinion
Iberian Oil Corp. v. Phillips Petroleum Co.
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided January 16, 1964No. Civ. A. No. 9514PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, District Judge.
This suit for damages from drainage and other relief, is against Phillips, original lessee in an oil, gas and mineral lease which it subleased to Iberian (subsequently subleased by Iberian to Texas Crude Oil Company), and Amerada, which has drilled certain wells in the vicinity of the property affected by plaintiff’s sublease. Texas Crude joined with Amerada in one of these wells on adjacent lands, but is not made a defendant in this suit; Phillips also drilled wells on lands in the vicinity, which are producing and of which plaintiff complains.
Phillips granted certain…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Rives v. Gulf Refining Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
- Fomby v. Columbia County Development Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1924
- Billeaud Planters, Inc. v. Union Oil Company of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Knight v. Blackwell Oil & Gas Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1941
- Baker v. PotterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1953
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3Cited by2 opinions
- C. B. Pennington v. Colonial Pipeline Company, Colonial Pipeline Company v. C. B. PenningtonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Tidelands Royalty "B" Corp. v. Gulf Oil Corp.District Court, N.D. Texas · 1985