State Supreme Court / N.M.

Continental Oil Co. v. Oil Conservation Commission

Decided May 16, 1962. David W. Carmody wrote the opinion for the court.

373 P.2d 809 · Cited 52 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Statee Ex Rel. Oil Conservation Commission v. Brand · 338 P.2d 113
Johnson v. Sanchez · 351 P.2d 449
Plummer v. Johnson · 301 P.2d 529
Fire Department v. City of Fort Worth · 147 Tex. 505
California Co. v. State Oil & Gas Board · 27 So. 2d 542
Household Finance Corp. v. State · 244 P.2d 260
City of Meridian v. Davidson · 53 So. 2d 48
O'Meara v. Union Oil Co. of California · 33 So. 2d 506
B'd of Adj'm't of City of Ft. Worth v. Stovall · 216 S.W.2d 171
Borreson v. Department of Public Welfare · 14 N.E.2d 485
Hunter v. Hussey · 90 So. 2d 429
Bartkowiak v. Wayne County · 67 N.W.2d 96
Cicotte v. Damron · 77 N.W.2d 139
Hester v. Sinclair Oil and Gas Company · 351 P.2d 751
Choctaw Gas Company v. Corporation Commission · 295 P.2d 800

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Sims v. Mechem · 382 P.2d 183
El Paso Natural Gas Co. v. Oil Conservation Commission · 414 P.2d 496
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Mountain States Legal Foundation v. Utah Public Service Commission · 636 P.2d 1047
Larsen v. Oil & Gas Conservation Commission · 569 P.2d 87
Keller v. City of Albuquerque · 509 P.2d 1329
McDaniel v. New Mexico Board of Medical Examiners · 86 N.M. 447
AA Oilfield Service, Inc. v. New Mexico State Corp. Commission · 881 P.2d 18
Hystad v. Industrial Commission · 389 N.W.2d 590
International Minerals & Chemical Corp. v. New Mexico Public Service Commission · 466 P.2d 557
Viking Petroleum, Inc. v. Oil Conservation Commission · 672 P.2d 280
S.I.C. Finance-Loans of Menaul, Inc. v. Upton · 411 P.2d 755
Ribera v. Employment Security Commission · 594 P.2d 742
Appeals of Durand v. Reynolds · 406 P.2d 817
Application of Farmers Irrigation District · 194 N.W.2d 788
Willoughby v. Board of Veterinary Examiners · 483 P.2d 498
Fasken v. Oil Conservation Commission · 532 P.2d 588
Sinclair Oil & Gas Company v. Corporation Commission · 378 P.2d 847
Mata v. Montoya · 569 P.2d 946

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