Atlantic Richfield Co. v. State of California

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “When the term ‘at the well’ is used in connection with ‘market price’ ... the lessor, such as [the] State, bears its proportionate share of processing costs incurred downstream of the well.”
• “The term ‘at the well,’ when used with reference to oil and gas royalty valuation, is commonly understood to mean that the oil and gas is to be valued in its unprocessed state as it comes to the surface at the mouth of the well.”
• “The term ‘at the well,’ when used with reference to oil and gas royalty valuation, is commonly understood to mean that the oil and gas is to be valued in its unprocessed state as it comes to the surface at the mouth of the well.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).