Railroad Com'n of Texas v. Lone Star Gas Co.

Decided December 31, 1992. Jack Hightower wrote the opinion for the court.

844 S.W.2d 679 · Cited 233 times

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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.

• Northwest Central Pipeline Corp. v. State Corporation Comm'n of Kan. · 489 U.S. 493
• Exxon Corp. v. Eagerton · 462 U.S. 176
• Schneidewind v. ANR Pipeline Co. · 485 U.S. 293
• California v. ARC America Corp. · 490 U.S. 93
• Corzelius v. Harrell · 186 S.W.2d 961
• Railroad Commission v. Shell Oil Co. · 146 Tex. 286
• Gerst v. Oak Cliff Savings and Loan Association · 432 S.W.2d 702
• Missouri Ex Rel. Barrett v. Kansas Natural Gas Co. · 265 U.S. 298
• Gulf Land Co. v. Atlantic Refining Co. · 131 S.W.2d 73
• Brown v. Humble Oil & Refining Co. · 83 S.W.2d 935
• Trapp v. Shell Oil Co. · 198 S.W.2d 424
• Stauffer v. City of San Antonio · 344 S.W.2d 158
• Southwestern Sav. & L. Ass'n of Houston v. Falkner · 331 S.W.2d 917
• Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Railroad Commission · 128 S.W.2d 9
• Ex Parte Dick Duncan · 95 S.W.2d 675
• Texaco, Inc. v. Railroad Commission · 583 S.W.2d 307
• State v. Jackson · 376 S.W.2d 341
• RAILROAD COM'N v. Pend Oreille Oil & Gas Co., Inc. · 817 S.W.2d 36
• Railroad Commission of Texas v. City of Austin · 524 S.W.2d 262
• Stewart v. Humble Oil & Refining Company · 377 S.W.2d 830

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