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BETHESDA BOYS RANCH v. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD CO.

No. 96-CV-655-C.

208 B.R. 980 (1997)

BETHESDA BOYS RANCH, et. al., Plaintiffs, v. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY; Chevron USA, Inc.; Union Oil Company of California; Texaco, Inc.; Uplands Resources, Inc.; Fair Oil Company; Gemini Oil Company; Triton Producing Co.; Producers Oil Company; Sharp Finance Corporation; Thompson Oil & Gas Company; Fell Oil & Gas Company; Reddy Oil & Gas Corporation; Country Investments, Inc.; Fair Oil Ltd.; Pioneer Corporation; Resources Operations, Inc.; Energy Lease Services, Inc.; Hyperion Energy, L.P.; Hyperion Resources, Inc.; Advance Energy Systems, Inc.; Helmco, Ltd.; Crasco Oil Co.; Ramey Oil Corporation; Western Petroleum Co. Inc.; Sunbeam Petroleum Company; Quartet Oil Company; Layton Oil Company; The Bradley Producing Company; Ramey-Sharp; Keener Oil Co.; Glenn Pool Producers Association Company, Inc.; and John Does 1 through 82, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Oklahoma.

March 7, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Frasier, Steven R. Hickman, Frasier, Frasier & Hickman, Tulsa, OK, Michael E. Smith, Robert N. Barnes, Barnes, Smith & Lewis, Oklahoma City, OK, Jessie V. Pilgrim, Tulsa, OK, for Plaintiffs.

William R. Keffer, Gardere & Wynne, Dallas, TX, J. Randall Miller, Steven J. Adams, Gardere & Wynne, L.L.P., Tulsa, OK, Robert E. Meadows, Gardere, Houston, TX, for Atlantic Richfield Co., Chevron USA, Inc.

Mark A. Jones, Union Oil Co. of California, Sugar Land, TX, Kenneth H. Blakely, Robert D. Edinger, Edinger & Blakley, P.C., Oklahoma City, OK, for Union Oil Co. of California.

M. Benjamin Singletary, Ronald N. Ricketts, Dennis Cameron, Gable & Gotwals, Tulsa, OK, Joel Hubscher, Texaco Inc. Legal Dept., Denver, CO, for Texaco, Inc.

David R. Cordell, Conner & Winters, Tulsa, OK, Lee I. Levinson, Bodenhamer, Levinson & McPhail, Tulsa, OK, Michael L. Darrah, Bill M. Roberts, Durbin, Larimore & Bialick, Oklahoma City, OK, Walter M. Jones, Jones Law Office, Bristow, OK, for Upland Resources, Inc.

Randall E. Rose, George W. Owens, Tulsa, OK, for Fair Oil Co., Gemini Oil Co., Crasco Oil Co., Ramey-Sharp.

Chris L. Rhodes, III, Michael F. Smith, Rhodes, Hieronymus, Jones, Tucker & Gable, Tulsa, OK, for Triton Producing Co.

James D. Bryant, Gail R. Runnels, Holliman, Langholz, Runnels & Dorwart, Tulsa, OK, for Producers Oil Co.

Frederic Dorwart, J. Michael Medina, Richard J. Cipolla, Jr., Fred Dorwart, Lawyers, Tulsa, OK, for Fell Oil & Gas Co., Resources Operations, Inc.

Michael L. Darrah, Bill M. Roberts, James K. Larimore, J. John Hager, Jr., Durbin, Larimore & Bialick, Oklahoma City, OK, Rodney D. Stewart, Oklahoma City, OK, for Reddy Oil & Gas Co., Western Petroleum Co., Inc.

Jessie D. Swift, Mannford, OK, for Energy Lease Services, Inc.

Stephen Q. Peters, Harris, McMahan & Peters, Tulsa, OK, Dena L. Mathis, Kyle & Mathis, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Hyperion Energy, L.P., Hyperion Resources, Inc.

John L. Randolph, W. Bland Williamson, Robert J. Winter, Pray, Walker, Jackman, Williamson & Marlar, Tulsa, OK, James C. Daniel, Daniel, Baker & Howard, Tulsa, OK, for Advance Energy Systems, Inc.

J. John Hager, Jr., Durbin, Larimore & Bialick, Oklahoma City, OK, Randall E. Rose, George W. Owens, Tulsa, OK, for Ramey Oil Corp.

ORDER

H. DALE COOK, Senior District Judge.

Before the Court are the motions to remand or in the alternative to abstain filed by plaintiffs and by defendants Reddy Oil and Gas Corporation, Ramey Oil Corporation and Western Petroleum Company. For the reasons set forth below the motions to abstain and remand are hereby granted.

This lawsuit was originally commenced in the District Court for Creek County, Oklahoma on August 24, 1995. Plaintiff brought...

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