MOBIL OIL CORP. v. EXXON CORP.

Docket No. A020663.

177 Cal.App.3d 942 (1986)

223 Cal. Rptr. 392

MOBIL OIL CORPORATION et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. EXXON CORPORATION et al., Defendants and Respondents.

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

February 24, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, William C. Miller, Walter R. Allan, Reginald D. Steer, Donald E. Peterson and Edward V. Anderson for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Barry L. Wertz, Risher M. Thornton, Michael E. Arruda, John Briscoe, David Ivesten, Washburn & Kemp, Paul R. DeStefano, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, Richard Murray, Lynn H. Pasahow, Terry J. Houlihan, James B. Lewis, Gail K. Hillebrand, Amy J. Markowitz and Elizabeth A. Birch for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

SABRAW, J.

Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment on the pleadings dismissing their complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief. We reverse.

I. Facts and Procedure

Plaintiffs and defendants own leases in Alaska's Prudhoe Bay petroleum reservoir, which contains about 10 billion barrels of recoverable oil and 27 trillion cubic feet of recoverable gas. Ownership is primarily in three groups: group one, plaintiffs...

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