CONTINENTAL OIL CO. v. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION

No. 45231.

494 P.2d 645 (1972)

CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY, a corporation, Petitioner, v. The STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION et al., Respondents, LVO Corporation, a corporation, and Occidental Petroleum Corporation, a corporation, Intervenors.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

February 29, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Leaming & Swan, Hal D. Leaming, Oklahoma City, John Wimbish, Ponca City, for petitioner.

Brown, Verity, Brown & Baker, Geo. L. Verity, Lin Patterson, Oklahoma City, T.E. Waibel, Tulsa, for intervenors.

Larry Derryberry, Atty. Gen., Yvonne Sparger, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


JACKSON, Justice.

This litigation was precipitated in 1971 when the Legislature raised the gross production tax on oil and gas from 5% to 7%. 68 O.S. 1971, Sec. 1001(a). Continental Oil Company (Petitioner) and LVO Corporation and Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Intervenors (hereinafter collectively called Continental), paid the 7% gross production tax on their production under protest and filed complaints with the State...

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