CHAPTER 5 PRIVATE OIL & GAS ROYALTIES: A JUDICIAL PERSPECTIVE

• Jurisdiction: United States

PRIVATE OIL & GAS ROYALTIES
(Sept 2003)
CHAPTER 5
PRIVATE OIL & GAS ROYALTIES: A JUDICIAL PERSPECTIVE
Justice Edward Larson
Kansas Appellate Courts
Topeka, Kansas

ROCKY MOUNTAIN MINERAL LAW FOUNDATION

March 20,2003

A. Description of Appellate Judges

1. Perception of Trial Judges—Judge Richard Rogers

2. Perception of litigents and counsel

District Judges

Court of Appeals Judges

Supreme Court Justices

3. How much should you trust an appellate court?

a. Kimbark Exploration Co. v. Von Lintel, 192 Kan. 791, 391 P.2d 55 (1964)

B. Importance of Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation

1. Amoco Production Co. v. Wilson, Inc. et al, 266 Kan.1,084, 976 P.2d 941 (1999)

a. 3 Rocky Mtn. Min. L. Inst. 277 (1957)

b. 20 Rocky Mtn. Min. L. Inst. 197, 203 (1975)

c. 32 Rocky Mtn. Min. L. Inst. 12-1 (1986)

d. 29 Rocky Mtn. Min. L. Inst. 199, 238-39 (1983) quote on fiduciary obligation at 266 Kan 1099-1100

C. State Court jurisdiction or certified question to State Highest Court from Federal Court

1. Garman v. Conoco, 886 P.2d 652 (Colo. 1994)

2. Mittelstaedt v. Santa Fe Minerals, Inc., 1998 Ok. 7, 954 P.2dl203, (Okla. 1998)

D. Decisions by...