Supreme Court of Texas
R.R. COMM'N OF TEXAS v. WBD OIL & GAS CO., 01-0177
Railroad Commission of Texas orders, issued with detailed regulations for a specific field of oil and gas production, are not subject to judicial review as rules under the Administrative Procedures Act.
Appellate Information
- Argued 01/09/2002
- Decided 02/13/2003
- Published 02/13/2003
Judges
- Justice HECHT delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice ENOCH, Justice OWEN, Justice O'NEILL, Justice JEFFERSON, Justice SCHNEIDER, and Justice SMITH joined.
Court
- Supreme Court of Texas
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Jamie Nielson, Austin, Ronald C. Schultz, Dubai, Howard G. Baldwin, First Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey S. Boyd, Office of the Attorney General, Austin, for petitioners., Philip F. Patman, Ana Maria Marsland-Griffith, Patman & Osborn, Austin, Rick A. Mayer, The Woodlands, for Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Don Walker, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the Railroad Commission.
- For Appellees:
- James Douglas Ray, Charles E. Hampton, Michael P. Marcin, Gammage, Hampton, Marcin & Ray, Travis Phillips, The Law Offices of Travis R. Phillips, Austin, Robert A. Gammage, Hill Gilstrap, PC, Arlington, for respondents.