PATTERSON v. STANOLIND CO.

No. 113.

305 U.S. 376 (1939)

PATTERSON v. STANOLIND OIL & GAS CO. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 3, 1939.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. R.J. Roberts, with whom Messrs. A.S. Norvell and W.M. Haulsee were on the brief, for appellant.

Messrs. Guy H. Woodward, James A. Veasey, and Ray S. Fellows were on a brief for appellees.

By leave of Court, Mr. Earl Foster filed a brief as amicus curiae, on behalf of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, in support of appellees.


PER CURIAM.

In this suit, brought to recover his share of oil royalties, the plaintiff challenged the validity, under the contract clause and the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Federal Constitution, of the Well-Spacing Act of the State of Oklahoma (Chap. 59, Okla. Sess. Laws 1935) and an order made thereunder by the Corporation Commission of that State. The Supreme Court of the State, affirming the judgment of the District...

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