Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Meeker v. Ambassador Oil Corp.

375 U.S. 160

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1963-12-02
Topic
general

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  • “It is an interest carved out of the lessee’s share of the [coal], ordinarily called the working interest, as distinguished from the owner’s reserved royalty interest.”
  • “It is an interest carved out of the lessee’s share of the oil and gas, ordinarily called the working interest, as distinguished from the owner’s reserved royalty interest.”

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375 U.S. 160 (1963)

MEEKER ET UX.
v.
AMBASSADOR OIL CORP.

No. 46.

Supreme Court of United States.

Argued November 19-20, 1963. Decided December 2, 1963. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT.

O. R. Adams, Jr. argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief was R. F. Deacon Arledge.

C. Harold Thweatt argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Vivian Diffendaffer.

PER CURIAM.

The judgment of the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit is reversed. Beacon Theatres, Inc., v. Westover, 359 U. S. 500; Dairy Queen, Inc., v. Wood, 369 U. S. 469.