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Railroad Comm’n v. Rowan & Nichols Oil Co., 311 U.S. 570 (1941)
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Railroad Comm’n v. Rowan & Nichols Oil Co., 311 U.S. 570 (1941)
Railroad Commission of Texas v. Rowan & Nichols Oil Co. No. 218 Argued December 12, 13, 1940 Decided January 6, 1941 311 U.S. 570
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
Syllabus
1. An order of the Texas Railroad Commission limiting the daily allowable production of the East Texas oil field and providing a method for its distribution among the several well owners, held:
(1) Consistent with the Fourteenth Amendment, p. 572.
(2) Not so clearly a violation of a State statute, Vernon’s Texas Annotated Civil Statutes, art. 6049c, § 7, as to warrant an injunction in the federal courts, p. 577,
as applied to an operating company which challenged the basis of the formula and claimed that, by its minimum and maximum "allowables," it unduly favored wells of small capacity and impaired the future productivity of wells in high-producing and "thinly" drilled areas. Cf. Railroad Commission v. Rowan & Nichols Oil Co., 310 U.S. 573; post, p. 614.
2. In matters of this kind, the due process clause does not require that the judgment of an expert state commission be supplanted by the individual view of judges based on the conflicting testimony, prophecies, and impressions of expert witnesses. P. 576.
Reversed.
Appeal from a decree of the District Court, of three judges, which enjoined the enforcement of an order regulating production of oil in the East Texas field.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Railroad Comm’n v. Rowan & Nichols Oil Co., 311 U.S. 570 (1941) in 311 U.S. 570 311 U.S. 571. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DTBBLPD4FX8AE4B.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Railroad Comm’n v. Rowan & Nichols Oil Co., 311 U.S. 570 (1941), in 311 U.S. 570, page 311 U.S. 571. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DTBBLPD4FX8AE4B.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Railroad Comm’n v. Rowan & Nichols Oil Co., 311 U.S. 570 (1941). cited in 1941, 311 U.S. 570, pp.311 U.S. 571. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DTBBLPD4FX8AE4B.
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