Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Rowan & Nichols Oil Co.

In conformity with, the regulatory scheme devised by Texas for exploiting and safeguarding its oil resources, the Railroad Commission of that state in 1938 issued an order formulating a method for distributing among well owners the total amount of oil which it then allowed to be produced in the East Texas field. The enforcement of this order, was enjoined by lower federal courts at the suit of the complainant in the present case, Rowan & Nichols Oil Company, 28 F. Supp. 131; 107 F. 2d 70. To avoid . the dislocation resulting from this judicial frustration of its order, the Commission, by an…