Bishop Petroleum, Inc. v. Railroad Commission

This case concerns the establishment of a force-pooled gas unit by the Railroad Commission. The Railroad Commission granted an application by Wiggins Brothers, Inc. and others to pool their acreage into an adjacent tract operated by Bishop Petroleum, Inc. On appeal, the district court declared the Commission’s order invalid for want of jurisdiction and remanded the case to the Commission with instructions to enter an order dismissing Wiggins Brothers’ application for forced pooling. The court of appeals reversed the judgment of the trial court and affirmed the pooling order of the Commission.…