TRANSWESTERN PIPELINE CO. v. KERR-McGEE CORP.

No. 73-1521.

492 F.2d 878 (1974)

TRANSWESTERN PIPELINE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, and United States of America, Intervening Plaintiff-Appellee, v. KERR-McGEE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellee, Olen F. Featherstone et al., Intervening Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided February 26, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben H. Rice, III, Houston, Tex. (James W. McCartney and Ted A. Hodges, Houston, Tex., on the brief, Vinson, Elkins, Searls, Connally & Smith, Houston, Tex., and Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, Albuquerque, N. M., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

John D. Robb, Albuquerque, N. M., (Mark K. Adams, Albuquerque, N. M., Willard P. Scott, Oklahoma City, Okl., Henry S. Glascock, Gallup, N. M., and Don M. Fedric, Roswell, N. M., on the brief), for Kerr-McGee Corp. and Olen F. Featherstone.

Neil T. Proto, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (Victor R. Ortega, U. S. Atty., Richard J. Smith, Asst. U. S. Atty., Wallace H. Johnson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Albuquerque, N. M., Edmund B. Clark and Jacques B. Gelin, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for United States of America.

Before HILL, BARRETT and DOYLE, Circuit Judges.


BARRETT, Circuit Judge.

Transwestern Pipeline Company, (Transwestern), appeals from the dismissal of its three count complaint filed against Kerr-McGee Corporation, (Kerr-McGee), the United States of America, and Olen F. Featherstone, et al., wherein it had attempted to prevent Kerr-McGee from mining potash from under one of its natural gas compressor stations.

The area in dispute is Section 31, T 20 W, R 32 E, NMPM, Lea County, New Mexico. The land is located...

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