BANDINI CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. 43.

284 U.S. 8 (1931)

BANDINI PETROLEUM CO. ET AL. v. SUPERIOR COURT, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 23, 1931.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert B. Murphey, with whom Mr. Asa V. Call was on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. James S. Bennett, with whom Mr. U.S. Webb, Attorney General of California, was on the brief, for appellees.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court.

The appellants are producers of oil and gas from their respective wells in the Santa Fe Springs oil field in Los Angeles County, California. In September, 1929, the State, acting through its Director of Natural Resources, brought suit in the Superior Court of the State against the appellants and others, seeking to enjoin an alleged unreasonable waste of natural gas...

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