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RAILROAD COMMISSION v. OIL CO.

No. 681.

310 U.S. 573 (1940)

RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS ET AL. v. ROWAN & NICHOLS OIL CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 3, 1940.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James P. Hart, Assistant Attorney General of Texas, with whom Messrs. Gerald C. Mann, Attorney General, and W.F. Moore, First Assistant Attorney General, were on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. Dan Moody, with whom Mr. Rice M. Tilley was on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question before us is the validity, when challenged by appeal to the Fourteenth Amendment, of an oil proration order promulgated by the Railroad Commission of Texas, insofar as it applies to the respondent's wells.

To safeguard its oil resources Texas has devised a regulatory scheme for their production, and has placed its administration in the Railroad...

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