JETT v. ZINK

Nos. 71-2745, 72-1637.

474 F.2d 149 (1973)

G. H. JETT and Bart B. Chamberlain, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Albert Barnes ZINK, as individual trustee for Sterling Oil of Oklahoma, Inc., Defendant, Sterling Oil of Oklahoma, Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellants. G. H. JETT and Bart B. Chamberlain, Jr., Plaintiffs-Third Party Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Albert Barnes ZINK, as individual trustee for Sterling Oil of Oklahoma, Inc., Defendant, W. H. James, Jr., etc., et al., Defendants-Appellants, Cornwall Trading Corporation et al., Third Party Defendants-Appellees. Albert Barnes ZINK, as individual trustee for Sterling Oil of Oklahoma, Inc., Plaintiff, W. H. James, Jr., etc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. G. H. JETT and Bart B. Chamberlain, Jr., Defendants-Third Party Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cornwall Trading Corporation et al., Third Party Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 30, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willis C. Darby, Jr., Mobile, Ala., for appellants.

Harold Parkman, Charles B. Arendall, Jr., Mobile, Ala., for Chamberlain and Citronelle.

Lester M. Bridgeman, Washington, D. C., Wm. DeWitt Reams, Lewis G. Odom, Jr., Montgomery, Ala., M. A. Marsal, Mobile, Ala., for Chamberlain and others.

Sam W. Pipes, III, Mobile, Ala., for Pack and Kahn.

Joseph M. Matranga, Mobile, Ala., for G. H. Jett.

Champ Lyons, Montgomery, Ala., for Equity and Cornwall.

C. A. L. Johnstone, Jr., Mobile, Ala., for James E. Kemp, Four States Drilling Co., and Big Four Oil Co.

Albert J. Tully, Mobile, Ala., for Zink.

Before COLEMAN, AINSWORTH and DYER, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 30, 1973.

DYER, Circuit Judge:

These appeals are before us for the third and hopefully final time in the protracted litigation over the purchase of certain oil leases and a gathering system in or near Mobile County, Alabama. As in each of the two previous appeals, the questions presented do not concern the merits of the dispute, but instead ask us to decide the forum — state or federal — in which the...

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