Legal Opinion
Amoco Production Co. v. Guild Trust
District Court, D. Wyoming
Decided November 29, 1978No. C77-215KPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
KERR, District Judge.
Plaintiffs are seeking injunctive relief and a determination of the mineral title of a certain section of land located in Uinta County, Wyoming. The land in question is part of the “checkerboard” land grants of the U.S. government to the Union Pacific Railroad in the mid 1800’s. The essential question to be resolved is the ownership of the oil, gas and associated liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons in and under Section 7, Township 14N, Range 117 West of the 6th P. M.
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- Burke v. Southern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Northern Natural Gas Co. v. GroundsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1971
- Swayne v. Lone Acre Oil Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1905
- Dunham & Shortt v. KirkpatrickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1882
- State v. SnyderWyoming Supreme Court · 1923
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Coronado Oil Co. v. GrievesWyoming Supreme Court · 1979
- Newman v. RAG Wyoming Land Co.Wyoming Supreme Court · 2002
- Spurlock v. Santa Fe Pacific RailroadCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1984
- Amoco Production Co. v. Guild TrustCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
- Union Pacific Land Resources Corporation v. Moench Investment CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1982
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