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WHITE v. CONOCO, INC.

No. 81-1969.

710 F.2d 1442 (1983)

Wilbur R. WHITE d/b/a Wilbur R. White Oil Enterprises, Wayne Clark, John Rankin d/b/a Rankin Production Co., Joe H. Cunningham, Dan Cunningham and Richard K. Goodwin, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CONOCO, INC., a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 22, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth I. Jones, Jr., Oklahoma City, Okl. (James S. Matthews, Jr., Oklahoma City, Okl., with him on the brief) of Eagleton, Nicholson, Jones & Blaney, Oklahoma City, Okl., for plaintiffs-appellees.

C. Harold Thweatt, Oklahoma City, Okl. (Steven L. Barghols, Oklahoma City, Okl., with him on the brief) of Crowe & Dunlevy, Oklahoma City, Okl., for defendant-appellant.

Before BARRETT, DOYLE and SEYMOUR, Circuit Judges.

BARRETT, Circuit Judge.

Conoco, Inc. (Conoco) appeals from the final judgment of the trial court, following a jury verdict, awarding Wilbur R. White, et al. (White) compensatory damages of $400,000 and punitive damages of $50,000 for trespass to real property and deprivation of White's right to explore for oil and gas and/or breach of an implied or quasi-contract. This appeal was taken after the court denied Conoco's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict...

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