Clifton v. Koontz

How courts have described this case

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

• holding \[tjhere can be no arbitrary period for determining the question of whether or not a lease has terminated....\
• stating that field rules at issue “provide for 320-acre units with 10 percent tolerance so that a maximum of 352 acres may be assigned.”
• discussing the standard to determine whether production in paying quantities was met to sustain lease
• listing factors influencing reasonable and prudent operator in paying quantities determination to include “depletion of the reservoir”
• discussing the standard to determine whether production in paying quantities was met to sustain lease
• considering lease not expressly using term “paying quantities,” but holding that it is “well settled” that the terms “produced” and “produced in paying quantities” have substantially same meaning

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Cited by

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

• Lenape Resources Corp. v. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1996-08-16· cited 253×
• Amoco Production Co. v. Alexander
  Texas Supreme Court· 1981-09-28· cited 246×
• Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America v. Pool
  Texas Supreme Court· 2003-12-19· cited 234×
• Anadarko Petroleum Corp. v. Thompson
  Texas Supreme Court· 2003-01-30· cited 184×
• Abraxas Petroleum Corp. v. Hornburg
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2000-03-16· cited 177×
• ConocoPhillips Co. v. Koopmann
  Texas Supreme Court· 2018-03-23· cited 143×
• Skelly Oil Company v. Archer
  Texas Supreme Court· 1962-04-04· cited 104×
• Gulf Oil Corporation v. Reid
  Texas Supreme Court· 1960-03-23· cited 95×
• TW Phillips Gas and Oil Co. v. Jedlicka
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-03-26· cited 88×
• C. C. Duke and C. T. Duke v. Sun Oil Company and Pan American Petroleum Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1963-06-25· cited 84×
• Hydrocarbon Management, Inc. v. Tracker Exploration, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 1993-09-15· cited 82×
• Benedict G. Wenske and Elizabeth Wenske v. Steve Ealy and Deborah Ealy
  Texas Supreme Court· 2017-06-23· cited 81×
• Weymouth v. Colorado Interstate Gas Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1966-09-20· cited 66×
• Duncan Land & Exploration, Inc. v. Littlepage
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1999-02-11· cited 64×
• Sun Exploration and Production Co. v. Jackson
  Texas Supreme Court· 1990-02-21· cited 60×
• Stewart v. Amerada Hess Corp.
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1979-10-16· cited 57×
• Pan American Petroleum Corp. v. Shell Oil Co.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1969-05-12· cited 50×
• Amoco Production Co. v. First Baptist Church of Pyote
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1979-02-14· cited 44×
• Bp America Production Company v. Red Deer Resources, Llc
  Texas Supreme Court· 2017-04-28· cited 42×
• Ladd Petroleum Corp. v. Eagle Oil & Gas Co.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1985-08-07· cited 32×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Benoit v. Wilson
  Texas Supreme Court· 1951-05-09· cited 549×
• Brewster v. Lanyon Zinc Co.
  Eighth Circuit· 1905-09-27· cited 220×
• Woodward v. Ortiz
  Texas Supreme Court· 1951-03-07· cited 187×
• Freeman v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1943-04-28· cited 68×
• Sauder v. Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1934-04-30· cited 66×
• Hanks v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.
  Texas Commission of Appeals· 1930-02-12· cited 41×
• Midwest Oil Corporation v. Winsauer
  Texas Supreme Court· 1959-04-15· cited 38×
• Stanolind Oil & Gas Co. v. Newman Brothers Drill. Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1957-06-19· cited 37×
• Holchak v. Clark
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1955-10-26· cited 33×
• Transport Oil Co. v. Exeter Oil Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 1948-03-29· cited 17×
• Benedum-Trees Oil Co. v. Davis
  Sixth Circuit· 1939-11-08· cited 11×
• United Central Oil Corporation v. Helm
  Fifth Circuit· 1926-02-24· cited 9×
• Willingham v. Bryson
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1956-10-05· cited 5×
• Clifton v. Koontz
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1957-07-05· cited 5×
• Travelers Insurance v. Henley
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1959-10-08· cited 2×

Other cases named Clifton v. Koontz

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Clifton v. Koontz
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1957-07-05· cited 5×