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RICKS EXPLORATION v. OKL. WATER RESOURCES BD.

Nos. 58350, 59172.

695 P.2d 498 (1985)

RICKS EXPLORATION COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OKLAHOMA WATER RESOURCES BOARD, Defendant-Appellee, and RICKS EXPLORATION COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OKLAHOMA WATER RESOURCES BOARD, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

As Corrected October 16, 1984.

Rehearing Denied February 26, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheryl L. Stevens, Musser & Bunch, Oklahoma City, for plaintiff-appellant.

R. Thomas Lay, Dean A. Couch, Oklahoma City, for defendant-appellee.

OPALA, Justice.

The first-impression question presented for review is: Does a mineral lessee have standing before the Oklahoma Water Resources Board to seek a nondomestic groundwater use permit under the Oklahoma Groundwater Law, 82 O.S. 1981 §§ 1020.1 et seq.? We answer in the affirmative.

Ricks Exploration Company [Ricks], mineral lessee from a severed mineral estate-holder applied to the Oklahoma...

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