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AMAZON PETROLEUM CORPORATION v. RAILROAD COMMISSION

No. 652.

5 F.Supp. 633 (1934)

AMAZON PETROLEUM CORPORATION v. RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS et al.

District Court, E. D. Texas, Tyler Division.

February 12, 1934.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Saye, Smead & Saye, of Longview, Tex., F. W. Fischer, of Tyler, Tex., and W. Edward Lee, of Longview, Tex., for plaintiff.

James V. Allred, Atty. Gen., for defendant Railroad Commission.

Charles I. Francis and Douglas Arant, Sp. Assts. to the Atty. Gen., for defendants Ryan and others.

Before HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge, and KENNERLY and BRYANT, District Judges.

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs, owners and operators of oil wells in East Texas, to prevent what they alleged to be unconstitutional, illegal, and confiscatory penalties under state statutes, brought these suits in the Eastern District of Texas against the members of the Railroad Commission and their agents, the Attorney General of Texas, and district and county attorneys. Specifically invoking the Fourteenth Amendment...

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