Legal Opinion

Snyder Ranches, Inc. v. Oil Conservation Commission

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided October 9, 1990No. 18860PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

WILSON, Justice.

Petitioner-appellant Snyder Ranches, Inc. (Snyder Ranches) appeals a district court judgment in favor of respondents-appellees Mobil Producing Texas & New Mexico, Inc. (Mobil) and the Oil Conservation Commission of the State of New Mexico (Commission). We affirm the district court.

Mobil filed an application with the Oil Conservation Division of the Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department of the State of New Mexico for authority to inject salt water through a disposal well into an underground formation known as the Silura-Devonian. Mobil’s disposal well is…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Summer v. Township of TeaneckSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1969
  2. Duke City Lumber Co. v. New Mexico Environmental Improvement BoardNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1984
  3. National Council on Compensation Insurance v. New Mexico State Corp. CommissionNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1988
  4. Elliott v. New Mexico Real Estate CommissionNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1985
  5. Lummis v. LillyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982

3Cited by14 opinions

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  3. Fransen v. Conoco, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1995
  4. State ex rel. Village of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque v. City of AlbuquerqueNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1994
  5. Hartman v. Texaco Inc.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1997

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