CITIES SERVICE OIL COMPANY, Appellant,
v.
THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF KANSAS, (Dale E. Saffels, Chairman, Jules V. Doty and John W. Cunningham, as members of said commission and their respective successors in office), Appellees, and ASHLAND OIL & REFINING COMPANY, COLORADO INTERSTATE GAS COMPANY, SINCLAIR OIL & GAS COMPANY, PANHANDLE EASTERN PIPE LINE COMPANY and PAN AMERICAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION, Intervenors-Appellees.
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Opinion filed April 10, 1970.
Opinion filed April 10, 1970.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Richard C. Byrd and Jack Jones, of Anderson, Byrd, Richeson & Jones, of Ottawa, argued the cause and Alfred O. Holl and John Lovett, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, were with them on the brief for appellant.
Jack Glaves, of Topeka, argued the cause and David J. Berkowitz, of Topeka, was with him on the brief for the State Corporation Commission, appellee.
C.C. Linley, of Liberal, argued the cause and Wendell J. Doggett, of Houston, Texas, was with him on the brief for Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, intervenor-appellee.
Glenn D. Young, Jr., of Lilliston, Spradling, Gott, Stallwitz & Hope, of Wichita, argued the cause and Guy T. Buell and Gordon D. Ryan, of Fort Worth, Texas, were with him on the brief for Pan American Petroleum Corporation, intervenor-appellee.
Gerald Sawatzky, of Foulston, Siefkin, Powers & Eberharde, of Wichita, argued the cause and Stuart R. Carter, of the same firm, was with him on the briefs for Ashland Oil & Refining Company, and for Sinclair Oil & Gas Company and Colorado Interstate Gas Company, intervenors-appellees.
Supreme Court of Kansas.
The opinion of the court was delivered by
FROMME, J.:
This is an appeal by Cities Service Oil Company, owner and operator of gas leases in the Kansas Hugoton gas field, seeking to reverse a judgment of the district court which upheld the order of the State Corporation Commission of Kansas refusing to amend the basic proration order for the gas field.
The basic proration order under attack was originally adopted...
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