MOBIL OIL CORPORATION v. KELLEY

No. 73-1793.

493 F.2d 784 (1974)

MOBIL OIL CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Claude KELLEY, Director of the Department of Conservation, et al., etc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 14, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., George L. Beck, Deputy Atty. Gen., Myron H. Thompson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., William T. Watson, Asst. Atty. Gen., University, Ala., for defendants-appellants.

W. Dewitt Reams, James D. Brooks, Mobile, Ala., Roy M. Talley, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, GEWIN, Circuit Judge, and RUBIN, District Judge.


ALVIN B. RUBIN, District Judge:

Mobil Oil Corporation invoked federal question and diversity jurisdiction in a suit against the director and members of the Alabama Department of Conservation and the director and members of the Alabama Oil and Gas Board. The district court determined that it had jurisdiction, and decided in favor of Mobil on the merits. The defendants appeal only the trial court's determination that it had...

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