Burford v. Sun Oil Co.

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1943-06-21

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Mr. Justice Black delivered the opinion of the Court. In this proceeding brought in a federal district court, the Sun Oil Co. attacked the validity of an order of the *317 Texas Railroad Commission granting the petitioner Bur-ford a permit to drill four wells on a small plot of land in the East Texas oil field. 1 Jurisdiction…

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