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

No. 5-73.

687 F.2d 484 (1982)

FRANCIS OIL AND GAS, INC., Curtis S. Green, Dave R. Sylvan, George D. Daly, George B. Kaiser, and Don H. Nelson, individually, and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, collectively, and as a class, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. EXXON CORPORATION and Marathon Oil Company, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, collectively, and as a class, Defendants-Appellants.

Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals.

Decided August 16, 1982.

Certiorari Denied November 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Beck, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, Tex., with whom David L. Tolin, Houston, Tex., of the same firm; James R. Stevens, Robert J. Pickins, Houston, Tex. and William B. Browder, Jr., Stubbeman, McRae, Sealy, Laughlin & Browder, Midland, Tex., were on the brief, for defendants-appellants.

Frederic Dorwart, Holliman, Langholz, Runnels & Dorwart, Tulsa, Okl., was on the brief, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before INGRAHAM, ESTES and POINTER, Judges.


Certiorari Denied November 8, 1982. See 103 S.Ct. 365.

INGRAHAM, Judge:

This dispute arises out of the unitized oil and gas operations in the Yates Field in Pecos and Crockett Counties, Texas. Francis Oil & Gas, Inc., and various individuals (hereinafter "appellees") sought a declaratory judgment from the district court that the unit agreements governing the Yates Field Unit "did not effect a reallocation and...

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