VELMA-ALMA v. TEXACO, INC.

No. 102,996.

162 P.3d 238 (2007)

2007 OK CIV APP 42

VELMA-ALMA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 15; Sue Ridley Cerney; John E. and Joan J. Morgan; John E. Morgan, as Trustee of the John A. Morgan Trust; Sharon Hamman; Thomas E. and Alice McKelvain, individually and on behalf of a class of other similarly situated persons, Plaintiffs/Appellees, v. TEXACO, INC.; Texaco Exploration and Production, Inc.; Chevron Texaco Corporation; Chevron U.S.A., Inc.; Ybles Unit; East Velma Permian Unit; Unconformity Humphreys Sand Unit; Wildhorse Unit; N.W. Velma Hoxbar Unit; Wildcat Jim Unit; and H.Z. Stiefel Unit, Defendants, Susan Orr Browne, Appellant. Mary Lou Mahaffey, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Knox Bromide Sand Unit; Chevron Texaco Corporation; and Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Defendants. E.B. Honnold, as Trustee of the J.F. Buck Trusts ABC, and the J.F. Buck Revocable Trust, individually and on behalf of a class of other similarly situated persons, Plaintiffs, v. Texaco, Inc.; Texaco Exploration and Production, Inc.; Chevron Texaco Corporation; Chevron U.S.A., Inc.; Southwest Maysville Oil Creek Sand Unit; West Civic Dykeman Sand Unit; Derdeyn Pontotoc Sand Unit; and Pauls Valley Penn Unit, Defendants.

Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 1.

Certiorari Denied May 14, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry J. Barker, Joseph C. Woltz, Gene G. Boerner, Pezold, Barker & Woltz, Tulsa, OK, for Plaintiffs/Appellees.

Jeffery K. Archer, James L. Kee, Kee Law Office, Duncan, OK, and Richard L. Denney, Denney & Barrett, P.C., Norman, OK, and Edward W. Cochran, Shaker Heights, OH, for Appellant Susan Orr Browne.

Richard B. Noulles, Gable & Gotwals, Tulsa, OH, for Defendants Texaco, Inc.; Texaco Exploration and Production, Inc.; Chevron Texaco Corporation; Chevron U.S.A., Inc.; Unconformity Humphreys Sand Unit, Knox Bromide Sand Unit, and Southwest Maysville Oil Creek Sand Unit.


Released for Publication by Order of the Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 1.

KENNETH L. BUETTNER, Judge.

¶ 1 Appellant Susan Orr Browne appeals from the trial court's "Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order Finally Approving Class Certifications, Class Settlements, and Class Counsels' Motion for Attorney Fees, Litigation Costs, and Class Representatives(') Fees from the Common Fund." The Oklahoma Supreme Court has deferred consideration...

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