MURPHY v. AMOCO PRODUCTION CO.

No. 83-1533.

729 F.2d 552 (1984)

Hugh R. MURPHY, a/k/a Red Murphy, Appellee, v. AMOCO PRODUCTION COMPANY, a corporation, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 6, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Maus, Howe, Hardy, Galloway & Maus, P.C., Dickinson, N.D., for appellee.

Gary R. Wolberg, Bismarck, N.D., for appellant.

Robert O. Wefald, Atty. Gen., State of N.D., Lawrence Bender, Asst. Atty. Gen., North Dakota Indus. Com'n, Oil & Gas Div., Bismarck, N.D., for amicus curiae in support of appellee.

Before BRIGHT, JOHN R. GIBSON and FAGG, Circuit Judges.


BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Amoco Production Company appeals from a judgment of the district court1 awarding Hugh R. Murphy damages and attorney fees under North Dakota's Oil and Gas Production Damage Compensation chapter, N.D.Cent.Code §§ 38-11.1-01 — 38-11.1-10 (1980).2 Amoco challenges provisions of the chapter on both federal and state constitutional...

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