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FEATHERS v. CHEVRON U.S.A., INC.

No. 96-6192.

141 F.3d 264 (1998)

Roy FEATHERS, as administrator of the estate of Pelham Humphries, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHEVRON U.S.A., INC.; Amoco Production Company; Texaco, Inc.; and Mobil Oil Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided April 8, 1998.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied May 22, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert D. Patty (argued and briefed), Maryville, TN, Roy Feathers, Johnson City, TN, for Roy Feathers.

Allan J. Wade (briefed), Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell, Memphis, TN, Margaret M. McKay, Houston, TX, for Chevron U.S.A. Inc.

William C. Bovender, Hunter, Smith & Davis, Kingsport, TN, Cynthia K. Timms (argued and briefed), Locke, Purnell, Rain & Harrell, Dallas, TX, for Amoco Production Co.

Howard E. Jarvis, Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell, Knoxville, TN, Reginald R. Smith (briefed), Sashe D. Dimitroff (briefed), King and Spaulding, Houston, TX, for Texaco Inc.

Robert D. Van de Vuurst (briefed), Ronald S. Range, Jr., Jennifer P. Keller (briefed), Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell, Johnson City, TN, for Mobil Oil Corp.

Before: BOGGS, NORRIS, and MOORE, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied May 22, 1998.

BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

In this case, a postscript to the now-fabled "Humphries heirs" lawsuits, we are called upon to resolve two questions: first, whether the district court properly dismissed plaintiff Roy Feathers's claims based on Feathers's asserted title to the land comprising the Spindletop Oil Field in Jefferson County, Texas; and second, whether...

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