State Supreme Court / Tex.

Railroad Commission of Texas v. Shell Oil Co.

Decided March 11, 1942. James P. Alexander wrote the opinion for the court.

161 S.W.2d 1022 · Cited 279 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.

Brown v. Humble Oil & Refining Co. · 83 S.W.2d 935
Gulf Land Co. v. Atlantic Refining Co. · 131 S.W.2d 73
Yick Wo v. Hopkins · 118 U.S. 356
Lone Star Gas Co. v. State · 137 Tex. 279
Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. New Process Production Co. · 104 S.W.2d 1106
Brown v. Humble Oil & Refining Co. · 87 S.W.2d 1069
Garfield v. United States Ex Rel. Goldsby · 211 U.S. 249

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Trapp v. Shell Oil Co. · 198 S.W.2d 424
Marrs v. Railroad Commission · 177 S.W.2d 941
Burford v. Sun Oil Co. · 319 U.S. 315
City of Waco v. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality · 346 S.W.3d 781
Pickens v. Railroad Commission · 387 S.W.2d 35
Southwestern Public Service Co. v. Public Utility Commission of Texas · 962 S.W.2d 207
Hawkins v. Texas Co. · 209 S.W.2d 338
State v. Malone Service Co. · 829 S.W.2d 763
Colorado River Western Railway v. Texas & New Orleans Railroad · 283 S.W.2d 768
Coloma Oil & Gas Corporation v. Railroad Commission · 358 S.W.2d 566
Exxon Corp. v. Railroad Commission · 571 S.W.2d 497
Schlachter v. Railroad Commission of Texas · 825 S.W.2d 737
ElderCare Properties, Inc. v. Texas Department of Human Services · 63 S.W.3d 551
Texas Health Facilities Commission v. Charter Medical-Dallas, Inc. · 665 S.W.2d 446
Polk v. State · 693 S.W.2d 391
Texas State Board of Dental Examiners v. Sizemore · 759 S.W.2d 114
Gerst v. Nixon · 411 S.W.2d 350
Key Western Life Insurance v. State Board of Insurance · 350 S.W.2d 839
Imperial American Resources Fund, Inc. v. Railroad Commission of Texas · 557 S.W.2d 280
Auto Convoy Company v. Railroad Commission of Texas · 507 S.W.2d 718
Railroad Commission of Texas v. Arco Oil & Gas Co. · 876 S.W.2d 473
Alamo Express, Inc. v. Union City Transfer · 309 S.W.2d 815
Railroad Commission v. Shell Oil Co. · 146 Tex. 286
Texas Antiquities Committee v. Dallas County Community College District · 554 S.W.2d 924
Railroad Commission of Texas v. Manziel · 361 S.W.2d 560

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