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Railroad Commission v. Humble Oil & Refining Co.

311 U.S. 578 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1941-01-06 Docket No. 57 English

Judges ■■ The Chief Justice, Mr. Justice McReynolds and Mr. Justice Roberts .dissent.

Delivered by Frankfurter J.

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Majority — Frankfurter J.

p. 578
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS et al. v. HUMBLE OIL & REFINING CO.
No. 57.
Argued December 12, 1940.
Decided January 6, 1941.
■Mr. James P. Hart, Assistant Attorney General of Texas, with whom Messrs. Gerald C. Mann, Attorney General, Edgar W-- Cále, Tom D. Rowell, Jr., and E. R. Simmons, Assistant Attorneys General, were oh the brief, for appellants. Mr. Norman L. Meyers was on a brief for G. A.. Sadler, appellant.
' Mr; Rex G. Baker, with whom M.essrs:Robert E. Hard-wicke, E. E. Townes, and R. E. Seagler were on the brief, for appellee.

delivered the opinion of the^ Court.

This case is a companion case to Railroad Commission v. Rowan & Nichols Oil Co., ante, p. 570. There are minor variations in the facts of the two cases, but not of sufficient moment to call for particularization. The decision, in the Rowan & Nichols case is decisive of this.

The decree is vacated and the case is remanded to the district court for dismissal of the complaint.

Vacated.

■■ The Chief Justice, Mr. Justice McReynolds and Mr. Justice Roberts .dissent.