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ROBBINS v. AMOCO PRODUCTION CO.

No. 90-4348.

952 F.2d 901 (1992)

Jewell ROBBINS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMOCO PRODUCTION COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 4, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas P. Roebuck, Jr., Beaumont, Tex., for Jewell Robbins, et al.

Brian S. West, Robert P. Thibault, Houston, Tex., for Texaco, Inc.

William G. Lowerre, Houston, Tex., for Shell Oil Co.

Teri Fay, Sun Exploration & Production Co., Dallas, Tex., for Sun Co. and Sun Exploration & Production Co.

C.J. Roberts, Phillips Petroleum Co., Legal Div., Bartlesville, Okl., Cynthia K. Timms, Michael V. Powell, Morris Harrell, Dallas, Tex., for Phillips Petroleum Co.

Melvin L. Hawkins, Houston, Tex., for Amoco Productions Co.

Douglas V. Fant, Mobil Oil Corp., Houston, Tex., for Mobil Oil Corp.

Michael C. Smith, New Orleans, La., for Chevron Co.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, BROWN and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

This case is part of the recent resurgence of litigation by purported heirs to portions of the famed Spindletop Oil Field, one of Texas's most significant oil discoveries. Plaintiffs filed this $20 billion lawsuit against numerous oil companies, alleging that the companies impermissibly extracted oil and gas from lands in which the plaintiffs owned a one-eighth mineral interest. The district court entered summary judgment for the defendants...

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