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LOCKE v. UNITED STATES

No. 7475.

75 F.2d 157 (1935)

LOCKE v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 25, 1935.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. W. Fischer, of Tyler, Tex., for appellant.

L. R. Martineau, Jr., Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., S. D. Bennett, U. S. Atty., of Beaumont, Tex., and Chas. I. Francis, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., for the United States.

Before BRYAN, SIBLEY, and HUTCHESON, Circuit Judges.

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

The United States brought a bill in the District Court against N. S. Locke and others, praying a temporary and permanent injunction against their "producing from any of their wells petroleum in excess of the permissible daily production for each of such wells as determined by the orders of the Railroad Commission of Texas." It alleged that excessive production for several years had seriously affected the whole petroleum industry and diminished...

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