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GEOTHERMAL KINETICS, INC. v. UNION OIL CO.

Docket No. 40447.

75 Cal.App.3d 56 (1977)

141 Cal. Rptr. 879

GEOTHERMAL KINETICS, INC., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

November 15, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, Robert S. Daggett and David J. Wynne for Defendants and Appellants.

Steinhart, Goldberg, Feigenbaum & Ladar, Marvin D. Morgenstein, David J. Romanski, Fitzgerald & von der Mehden and John D. Fitzgerald for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, N. Gregory Taylor, Assistant Attorney General, and Dennis M. Eagan, Deputy Attorney General, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

SCOTT, Acting P.J.

The issue presented here is whether geothermal resources belong to the owner of the mineral estate or the owner of the surface estate. We conclude that the general grant of minerals in, on or under the property includes a grant of geothermal resources, including steam therefrom.

The owners of the surface estate, Union Oil Company of California, Magma...

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