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
- Docket
- No. 301
- 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
How the Justices voted
- Majority
- Chief Justice Vinson, Justice Minton, Justice Clark, Justice Burton, Justice R. H. Jackson, Justice Douglas, Justice Frankfurter, Justice Reed, Justice Black
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 The Court is advised that, on May 26, 1951, the Oklahoma Legislature repealed Okla.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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