Legal Opinion
Kingery v. Continental Oil Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 2, 1980No. Nos. 78-1015, 78-3245 and 78-3246PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, Chief Judge.
These are three cases with rather similar facts, almost identical legal arguments, and diametrically opposing judicial results. We affirm No. 78-3245, Brent v. Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, 457 F.Supp. 155, and No. 78-3246, Hawley v. Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America. We reverse No. 78-1015, Kingery v. Continental Oil Company, 434 F.Supp. 349.
In every case the plaintiffs are royalty interest owners under mineral leases covering land located in Texas. The defendants are lessee-producers. In every case the natural gas produced from the leasehold is…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. MottleySupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Phillips Petroleum Co. v. WisconsinSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Texas Oil & Gas Corporation v. VelaTexas Supreme Court · 1968
- California v. Southland Royalty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- J. M. Huber Corporation v. William Harvey Denman and Jay Pumphrey, Trustees of the Estate of S. B. Burnett, DeceasedCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
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- Anne Windfohr Sowell, Cross-Appellants v. Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- First National Bank in Weatherford, Texas v. Exxon Corp.Texas Supreme Court · 1981
- Piney Woods Country Life School v. Shell Oil Co.District Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1982
- Matzen v. Cities Service Oil Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1983
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