Marrs v. Railroad Commission

Decided January 5, 1944. James P. Alexander wrote the opinion for the court.

177 S.W.2d 941 · Cited 92 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.

• Railroad Commission of Texas v. Shell Oil Co. · 161 S.W.2d 1022
• Gulf Land Co. v. Atlantic Refining Co. · 131 S.W.2d 73
• Brown v. Humble Oil & Refining Co. · 83 S.W.2d 935
• Brown v. Humble Oil & Refining Co. · 87 S.W.2d 1069
• Cook Drilling Co. v. Gulf Oil Corp. · 161 S.W.2d 1035
• Railroad Commission of Texas v. Gulf Production Co. · 132 S.W.2d 254
• Garfield v. United States Ex Rel. Goldsby · 211 U.S. 249
• Yick Wo v. Hopkins · 118 U.S. 356
• Thompson v. Consolidated Gas Utilities Corp. · 300 U.S. 55
• Lone Star Gas Co. v. State · 137 Tex. 279
• Lemar v. Garner · 50 S.W.2d 769
• Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. New Process Production Co. · 104 S.W.2d 1106
• Railroad Commission of Texas v. Houston & Texas Central Railway Co. · 38 S.W. 750
• Railroad Commission v. Wencker · 140 Tex. 527

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• Eggemeyer v. Eggemeyer · 554 S.W.2d 137
• Trapp v. Shell Oil Co. · 198 S.W.2d 424
• Atlantic Refining Co. v. RAILROAD COM'N OF TEXAS · 346 S.W.2d 801
• Texaco, Inc. v. Railroad Commission · 583 S.W.2d 307
• Sterling Truck Corp. v. Motor Vehicle Board of Texas Department of Transportation · 255 S.W.3d 368
• SHEFFIELD DEVEL. CO. INC. v. City of Glenn Heights · 140 S.W.3d 660
• Fire Department v. City of Fort Worth · 147 Tex. 505
• Corzelius v. Harrell · 186 S.W.2d 961
• Coastal States Gas Producing Company v. Pate · 309 S.W.2d 828
• Alamo Express, Inc. v. Union City Transfer · 309 S.W.2d 815
• Maher v. Lasater · 354 S.W.2d 923
• Halbouty v. Railroad Commission · 357 S.W.2d 364
• Estate of Waggoner v. Gleghorn · 378 S.W.2d 47
• Freightliner Corp. v. Motor Vehicle Board of Texas Department of Transportation · 255 S.W.3d 356
• Railroad Commission of Texas v. Rowan Oil Co. · 259 S.W.2d 173
• Bernstein v. Bush · 29 Cal. 2d 773
• Railroad Commission v. Shell Oil Company · 380 S.W.2d 556
• L & G OIL COMPANY v. Railroad Commission · 368 S.W.2d 187
• Railroad Commission v. Woods Exploration & Producing Co. · 405 S.W.2d 313
• Petty v. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance · 15 N.W.2d 613
• Seagull Energy E & P, Inc. v. Railroad Commission · 226 S.W.3d 383

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