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HELMERICH & PAYNE, INC. v. CORPORATION COMMISSION

No. 46491.

532 P.2d 419 (1975)

HELMERICH & PAYNE, INC., et al., Appellants, v. The CORPORATION COMMISSION of the State of Oklahoma and LVO Corporation, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

February 18, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barth P. Walker, Oklahoma City, for appellants.

Ferrill H. Rogers, Oklahoma City, for appellees.

C. Harold Thweatt and Crowe, Dunlevy, Thweatt, Swinford, Johnson & Burdick, Oklahoma City, amicus curiae.

DOOLIN, Justice.

The basic issue presented for decision in this case is: whether the Oklahoma Corporation Commission under its regulatory power over oil and gas may order an election by lessees or mineral owners to participate in a drilling program or in lieu thereof to accept bonuses or overrides in a nine governmental section unit.

A statement of the salient facts as we view them is in order.

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