CHUSKA ENERGY CO. v. MOBIL EXPLORATION & PRODUCING NORTH AMERICA, INC.

No. 87-2663.

854 F.2d 727 (1988)

CHUSKA ENERGY COMPANY, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MOBIL EXPLORATION & PRODUCING NORTH AMERICA, INC., (Substituting for the Superior Oil Company), Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 14, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul F. Cronin, Honolulu, Hawaii, Kenneth Engerrand, Thomas A. Brown, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Roxanne Armstrong, Baker, Brown, Sharman & Parker, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before GARWOOD and JONES, Circuit Judges, and HUGHES, District Judge.


HUGHES, District Judge:

Chuska Energy Company (Chuska) sued Mobil Exploration & Producing North America, Inc., (Mobil) in the district court of Harris County, Texas, for breach of an oil and gas assignment. Mobil removed the case to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas asserting federal question jurisdiction. Both companies are based in Texas so that the case could not have been removed under the court's diversity jurisdiction.<...

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