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RUYLE v. CONTINENTAL OIL CO.

Nos. 92-6402, 92-6411.

44 F.3d 837 (1994)

Robert RUYLE and Elizabeth Ruyle; Harvey Fransen and Marjorie Fransen; George Fransen and Yvonne Fransen; and James M. Fransen, Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. CONTINENTAL OIL CO., Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

December 20, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde A. Muchmore of Crowe & Dunlevy, Oklahoma City, OK (Harvey D. Ellis, Jr., of Crowe & Dunlevy, Oklahoma City, OK, and Charles Puckett of Conoco, Inc., Houston, TX, with him on the briefs), for defendant-appellant/cross-appellee.

Michael J. Rovell, Chicago, IL (Stephen Jones and Michael D. Roberts of Jones & Wyatt, Enid, OK, and Richard E. Hornbeek of Hornbeek, Krahl & Vitali, Oklahoma City, OK, on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellees/cross-appellants.

Before SEYMOUR, Chief Judge, and LOGAN and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

SEYMOUR, Chief Judge.

Continental Oil Co. (Conoco) appeals the district court's refusal to hold plaintiffs' action collaterally estopped by a prior decision of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. We conclude that the district court erred in failing to give the Corporation Commission order preclusive effect, and we therefore reverse.

I.

Robert and Elizabeth Ruyle, Harvey and Marjorie Fransen, George and Yvonne Fransen,

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