Amoco Production Co. v. Alexander

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• recognizing such liability where, as here, the lessee was the party doing the draining by producing from an adjacent tract
• recognizing an implied covenant to develop in the absence of an express covenant
• acknowledging that local drainage \can be prevented by drilling offset wells\
• stating that oil and gas lease creates interest in real property
• acknowledging that local drainage “can be prevented by drilling offset wells”
• stating duties under the implied covenant could include “seeking Rule 37 exceptions from the Railroad Commission”

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Cited by

176 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Jim Walter Homes, Inc. v. Reed
  Texas Supreme Court· 1986-05-14· cited 516×
• Crim Truck & Tractor Co. v. Navistar International Transportation Corp.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1992-01-22· cited 511×
• Schlueter v. Schlueter
  Texas Supreme Court· 1998-10-15· cited 346×
• Bellefonte Underwriters Insurance Co. v. Brown
  Texas Supreme Court· 1986-02-19· cited 259×
• Lenape Resources Corp. v. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1996-08-16· cited 253×
• Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America v. Pool
  Texas Supreme Court· 2003-12-19· cited 234×
• Southeastern Pipe Line Co., Inc. v. Tichacek
  Texas Supreme Court· 1999-09-09· cited 198×
• Coastal Oil & Gas Corp. v. Garza Energy Trust
  Texas Supreme Court· 2008-08-29· cited 172×
• H.G. Sledge, Inc. v. Prospective Investment & Trading Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2000-11-09· cited 169×
• Kerr-McGee Corp. v. Helton
  Texas Supreme Court· 2004-01-30· cited 165×
• Nabours v. Longview Savings & Loan Ass'n
  Texas Supreme Court· 1985-07-17· cited 164×
• American National Petroleum Co. v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1990-11-28· cited 145×
• ConocoPhillips Co. v. Koopmann
  Texas Supreme Court· 2018-03-23· cited 143×
• Bowden v. Phillips Petroleum Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2008-02-15· cited 142×
• Yzaguirre v. KCS Resources, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2001-08-30· cited 137×
• Hallmark v. Hand
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1994-07-20· cited 116×
• Samson Exploration, LLC (Formerly Samson Lone Star, L.P.) v. T.S. Reed Properties, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2017-06-23· cited 106×
• Sun Operating Ltd. Partnership v. Holt
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 1999-01-07· cited 105×
• Finley v. Marathon Oil Co.
  Seventh Circuit· 1996-02-14· cited 99×
• Adolph Coors Co. v. Rodriguez
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1989-12-14· cited 90×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• City of Austin v. Cannizzo
  Texas Supreme Court· 1954-03-31· cited 277×
• Clifton v. Koontz
  Texas Supreme Court· 1959-06-24· cited 173×
• A. L. Carter Lumber Co. v. Saide
  Texas Supreme Court· 1943-02-10· cited 67×
• City Products Corp. v. Berman
  Texas Supreme Court· 1980-12-10· cited 61×
• McDonough v. Zamora
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1960-07-20· cited 49×
• Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Millette
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1954-05-03· cited 30×
• K.W.S. Manufacturing Co. v. McMahon
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1978-04-20· cited 28×
• Shell Oil Company v. Stansbury
  Texas Supreme Court· 1966-12-31· cited 27×
• Billeaud Planters, Inc. v. Union Oil Company of California
  Fifth Circuit· 1957-06-27· cited 18×
• Gerson v. Anderson-Prichard Production Corp.
  Tenth Circuit· 1945-05-02· cited 18×
• R. R. Bush Oil Co. v. Beverly-Lincoln Land Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 1945-05-18· cited 18×
• Jimmie Cook, a Single Woman v. El Paso Natural Gas Company, a Delaware Corporation, and Phillips Petroleum Company, a Delaware Corporation
  Tenth Circuit· 1977-08-03· cited 17×
• Moore v. Vines
  Texas Supreme Court· 1971-10-27· cited 17×
• Tide Water Associated Oil Co. v. Stott
  Fifth Circuit· 1946-12-30· cited 15×
• Amoco Production Co. v. Alexander
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1979-11-15· cited 9×
• Chapman v. Sohio Petroleum Company
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1956-12-05· cited 7×

Other cases named Amoco Production Co. v. Alexander

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Amoco Production Co. v. Alexander
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1979-11-15· cited 9×