Legal Opinion
Standard Oil Company of California v. Rogers C. B. Morton, the Secretary of the Interior of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 3, 1971No. 26939PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Per curiam
Standard Oil of California is the owner of an undivided half interest in five federal oil and gas leases issued by the Bureau of Land Management of the United States Department of the Interi- or in 1958. The issue in controversy in the present action is the interpretation to be accorded the rental provisions of these leases. The rental rate provisions in dispute are identical in each lease:
“(b) If the lands are wholly or partly within the known geologic structure of a producing oil or gas field:(i) Beginning with the first lease year after 30 days notice that all or part of the land is…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Reading Steel Casting Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Standard Oil Company of California v. HickelDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 1970
- Reconstruction Finance Corporation, a Corporation v. Sullivan Mining Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
3Cited by6 opinions
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- Marathon Oil Company v. KleppeDistrict Court, D. Wyoming · 1975
- Naartex Consulting Corp. v. WattDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1982
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