NORTHERN NATURAL GAS COMPANY v. GROUNDS

Civ. A. Nos. KC-1969, KC-1945—KC-1948 and KC-1980.

393 F.Supp. 949 (1974)

NORTHERN NATURAL GAS COMPANY et al., Plaintiffs, v. Ralph GROUNDS and Henry Hitch, Jr. et al., Defendants. CITIES SERVICE GAS COMPANY et al., Plaintiffs, v. MOBIL OIL CORPORATION et al., Defendants. CITIES SERVICE GAS COMPANY et al., Plaintiffs, v. ASHLAND OIL AND REFINING COMPANY et al., Plaintiffs. CITIES SERVICE GAS COMPANY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. COLUMBIAN FUEL CORPORATION et al., Defendants. CITIES SERVICE GAS COMPANY et al., Plaintiffs, v. PAN AMERICAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION et al., Defendants. NATIONAL HELIUM CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. PANHANDLE EASTERN PIPE LINE COMPANY et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Kansas.

November 12, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale M. Stucky and Wayne Coulson, of Fleeson Gooing Coulson & Kitch, Wichita, Kan., Kramer Nordling Nordling & Fay, Hugoton, Kan., for Landowners.

Mark H. Adams, of Adams, Jones, Robinson & Malone, Wichita, Kan., for Northern Natural Gas Co., Northern Helex Co., Northern Gas Products Co., Cities Service Cryogenics, Inc., Cities Service Helex, Inc. and Cities Service Gas Co.

Emmet A. Blaes, of Jochems Sargent & Blaes, Wichita, Kan., for National Helium Corp. and Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co.

Richard Jones, of Hershberger, Patterson & Jones, Wichita, Kan., for Mapco Production Co., Mobil Oil Corp. and Superior Oil Co.

Gerald Sawatzky, of Foulston, Siefkin, Powers & Eberhardt, Wichita, Kan., for Cabot Corp., Ashland Oil & Refining Co., Dorchester Gas Producing Co., Helmerich & Payne, Inc. and Texaco, Inc.

Robert J. Roth, U. S. Atty., Wichita, Kan., Wallace H. Johnson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., David W. Miller, Land & Natural Resources Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for United States.

Donald I. Mitchell, Wichita, Kan., for Federal Land Bank.

Glenn D. Young, Jr., of Gott, Hope, Gott & Young, Wichita, Kan., for Amoco Production Co.

Stanford J. Smith, of McMaster & Smith, Wichita, Kan., for Cities Service Oil Co.

Joseph Kennedy, of Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy, Wichita, Kan., for Phillips Petroleum Co.

Daniel R. Hopkins and Wm. J. Sears, Oklahoma City, Okl., for Cities Service Cryogenics, Inc., Cities Service Helex, Inc. and Cities Service Gas Co.

George B. Collins, of Collins & Collins, Wichita, Kan., for Diamond Shamrock Corp.

Wm. F. Pielsticker, Wichita, Kan., James B. Diggs, Oklahoma City, Okl., for Gulf Oil Corp.

H. O. Hickman and R. H. Landt, Denver, Colo., for Amoco Production Co.

Don Jemison, Bartlesville, Okl., for Phillips Petroleum Co.

Wendell J. Doggett and A. H. John LaForce, II, Houston, Tex., for National Helium Corp. and Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co.

Arloe W. Mayne and G. Fred Charles, Ashland, Ky., for Ashland Oil & Refining Co.

Leo Winters, Oklahoma City, Okl., Gene Stipe and Richard L. Gossett, McAlester, Okl., for Landowners.

William H. Tabb and Donald G. Canuteson, Dallas, Tex., for Mobil Oil Corp.

W. M. Sutton and H. A. Berry, of Underwood, Wilson, Sutton, Heare & Berry, Amarillo, Tex., for Diamond Shamrock Corp.

Philip R. Wimbish and Elmer W. Adams, Tulsa, Okl., for Texaco, Inc.

E. L. Creasey and Sam Riggs, Jr., Tulsa, Okl., for Cities Service Oil Co.

Eugene G. Bell, Tulsa, Okl., for Mapco Production Co.

Richard B. McDermott, of Boesche, McDermott & Eskridge, Tulsa, Okl., for Phillips Petroleum Co.

William R. Horkey and Leon C. Gavras, Tulsa, Okl., for Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

F. Vinson Roach and Patrick J. McCarthy, Omaha, Neb., for Northern Natural Gas Co., Northern Helex Co. and Northern Gas Products Co.

W. A. McWilliams, Oklahoma City, Okl., for Landowners.

W. E. Notestine, Amarillo, Tex., for Diamond Shamrock.

Homer D. Johnson, Roy Schaeffer, William C. Charlton, Pampa, Tex., for Cabot Corp.

R. T. Robberson, Houston, Tex., for Superior Oil Co.

C. A. Conoley, Kansas City, Mo., for National Helium Corp., Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co.

J. M. O'Loughlin, Houston, Tex., for Ashland Oil & Refining Co.

James R. Coffee and William J. Bonner, Dallas, Tex., for Atlantic Richfield.


MEMORANDUM OF OPINION

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW UPON REMAND

WESLEY E. BROWN, Chief Judge.

A. Statement of the Case.

This is a continuation of six consolidated interpleader actions filed in 1963, involving title to, and rights in the commodity or element known as "helium," which are reported as Northern Natural Gas Company v. Grounds, D.C., 292 F.Supp. 619, and Northern Natural...

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