MOBIL OIL CORP. v. U.S. DEPT. OF ENERGY

No. 91-3097.

983 F.2d 172 (1992)

MOBIL OIL CORPORATION, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, et al., Defendants, Mobil Oil Corporation, Defendant on Counterclaim, v. MOBIL OIL CORPORATION, Third-Party-Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STATE OF OKLAHOMA; The Oklahoma Tax Commission; Sun Company, Inc.; Kerr-McGee Corporation, Third-Party-Defendants, and Koch Industries, Inc., Third-Party-Defendant-Appellant, United States of America, Counter-Claimant, and State of Louisiana; Conoco Inc.; Anadarko Petroleum Corporation; Exxon Corporation; Texaco Inc.; Phillips Petroleum Company, and other interest owners, Amici Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

December 31, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

N. Sue Allen (Kelley D. Sears with her on the briefs), Wichita, KS, for appellant.

Leslie K. Dellon (Charles L. Kaiser & Mary V. Laitos of Davis, Graham & Stubbs, Denver, CO, Evan J. Olson & David E. Bengtson of Hershberger, Patterson, Jones & Roth, Wichita, KS, David A. Holzworth of Lepon, McCarthy, Jutkowitz & Holzworth, DC, Arthur G. Hofmann, Mobil Exploration & Producing U.S. Inc., Dallas, TX, with her on the brief), of Lepon, McCarthy, Jutkowitz & Holzworth, DC, for appellee.

William D. Treeby, Noel J. Darce & David K. Hall of Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, New Orleans, LA, David M. Latham & Larry D. Dyess of Eldred & Clauer, Baton Rouge, LA, on the brief for amicus curiae State of LA.

Joseph W. Kennedy & Robert W. Coykendall of Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy, Wichita, KS, James J. Ward, Jr. of Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Robert J. Ochs of Conoco Inc., Houston, TX, for amici curiae Conoco Inc. & Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

David J. Beck of Fulbright & Jaworski, Reagan Burch & Steven M. Stricklin of Baker & Botts, W.J. McAnelly, Jr. & Edward de la Garza of Exxon Corp., Houston, TX, for amicus curiae Exxon Corp.

R. Bruce McLean & C. Fairley Spillman of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, DC, for amicus curiae Texaco Inc.

Noel M. Hensley & George W. Bramblett, Jr. of Haynes & Boone, Dallas, TX, for amici curiae Phillips Petroleum & Jarvis Interest Owners.

T.L. Cubbage II of Phillips Petroleum Co., Bartlesville, OK, for amicus curiae Phillips Petroleum Co.

Monroe Clayton, Jefferson, TX, for amici curiae Lula Mae Beavers, et al.

T. John Ward of Brown Maroney & Oaks Hartline, Houston, TX, for The Bracken Amicus.

Tim Gavin of Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, Dallas, TX, for amicus curiae Michael L. Carter, as Independent Executor of the Will and Estate of B.F. Phillips, Jr., Deceased, and as Trustee of all Trusts created under the Will of B.F. Phillips, Jr.

Robert M. Martin, Jr. of Storey, Armstrong, Steger & Martin, Dallas, TX, for amicus curiae Elloine Moseley Sinclair.

Barry F. Cannaday of Jenkens & Gilchrist, Dallas, TX, for amici curiae, Martha Ann Moody, Martha Ellen Rosenblum (nee Moody), Joe K. Moody, R.E. Krochman, Jr., Flora K. Krochman, Flora Bell Krochman, Martha Ann Moody, Trustee for Trust No. 2, Martha K. Moody, Trustee for Martha Ellen Moody Trust, and Ann K. Young.

Before McKAY, Chief Circuit Judge, SETH, Senior Circuit Judge, and BRORBY, Circuit Judge.


BRORBY, Circuit Judge.

Koch appeals the district court's decision granting summary judgment to Mobil for a right of reimbursement against Koch. In re DOE Stripper Well Exemption Litig., 743 F.Supp. 1467 (D.Kan.1990). This decision has already been appealed to the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals (TECA) who exercised jurisdiction and affirmed the district court's holding. In re DOE Stripper Well Exemption Litig.,...

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