Palmer Oil Corp. et al. v. Amerada Petroleum Corp. et al. (342 U.S. 35)

U.S. Supreme Court · decided November 5, 1951 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)

Citation
342 U.S. 35 · 72 S. Ct. 11
Decided
November 5, 1951
Term
October Term 1951
Vote
9–0
Issue area
Judicial Power
Disposition
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Outcome
Petitioning party lost
Ideological direction
Liberal

Opinion excerpt

Per Curiam. The Court is advised that, on May 26, 1951, the Oklahoma Legislature repealed Okla. Stat., 1941 (Cum. Supp. 1949), Tit. 52, §§ 286.1-286.17, the constitutionality of which is drawn in question by these appeals. The causes are therefore ordered/ continued for such period as will enable appellants with all convenient speed to secure in an appropriate state proceeding a determination as to the effect of this repeal on the matters raised in these appeals. Cause' continued.

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