Legal Opinion
California Company v. Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the Interior
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 10, 1961No. 16132PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.
Our appellant (called “Calco” in this litigation) is the lessee of the United States in four oil and gas leases. 1 It pays royalties to the United States on the gas and oil thus obtained. The controversy concerns the amount of the royalties payable.
The lands covered by the leases are in the Romere Pass field in Louisiana. The gas produced from this field is from a number of separate and independent horizons and is not all of the same nature or quality. Some horizons produce dry gas alone, some oil, and some gas associated with oil and gas distillate. The gas as it…
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- Sartor v. Arkansas Natural Gas Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Knight v. United States Land Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Continental Oil Co. v. United States. United States v. Continental Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1950
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- Rogers v. Westerman Farm Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 2001
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