FRANCIS OIL & GAS, INC. v. EXXON CORP.

No. 79-2259.

661 F.2d 873 (1981)

FRANCIS OIL & GAS, INC., Appellant-Plaintiff, v. EXXON CORPORATION, Appellee-Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided October 20, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederic Dorwart, J. Michael Medina, Tulsa, Okl., for appellant-plaintiff.

Varley H. Taylor, G. Michael Lewis, Richard P. Hix, Dorner, Stuart, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson, Tulsa, Okl., for appellee-defendant.

Before DOYLE and LOGAN, Circuit Judges, and TEMPLAR, Senior District Court Judge.


WILLIAM E. DOYLE, Circuit Judge.

Francis Oil and Gas, Inc., appellant herein and plaintiff in the trial court, has appealed an unfavorable judgment in this diversity action which was dismissed on a motion for judgment on the pleadings for failure to join indispensable parties as required by Fed.R.Civ.P. 19(b). The indispensable parties were citizens of Oklahoma just as the plaintiff is and it is argued that at least one of these, Phillips Petroleum Co., would be aligned...

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