Gladys City Co. v. Amoco Production Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION 1

JOE J. FISHER, District Judge.

The plaintiffs, Gladys City Company and 34 individuals who own Gladys City, seek a declaratory judgment pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2201, 2202 that they own the rights to produce salt under part of the Spindletop Salt Dome in Jefferson County, Texas, and that Amoco Production Company acquired no rights to the salt under a 1925 lease, or that Amoco forfeited those rights under the lease.

The plaintiffs have invoked diversity jurisdiction. Amoco is Delaware Corporation with its principal place of business in Illinois, and the plaintiffs are all…