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MISSISSIPPI RIVER FUEL CORPORATION v. COCREHAM

Civ. A. No. 2898.

247 F.Supp. 819 (1965)

MISSISSIPPI RIVER FUEL CORPORATION v. Roland COCREHAM, Collector of Revenue of the State of Louisiana.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, Baton Rouge Division.

November 30, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde R. Brown, Shotwell & Brown, C. McVea Oliver, Oliver, Digby & Fudickar, Monroe, La., Clarence L. Yancey, Cook, Clark, Egan, Yancey & King, Shreveport, La., for plaintiff.

Emmett E. Batson, Chapman L. Sanford, Cyrus A. Greco, Attys., Dept. of Revenue, Baton Rouge, La., for Collector of Revenue, State of Louisiana.

WEST, District Judge:

In this suit plaintiff, Mississippi River Fuel Corporation, challenges the right of the defendant, State of Louisiana, through its Collector of Revenue, to levy and collect a severance tax on oil, gas, or other minerals severed from property located within the State of Louisiana but owned by the United States Government, and on which plaintiff, a private corporation, holds an oil and gas lease. In the year 1930, the United States acquired title...

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