Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Lujan’s Empirical Analysis
951 F.2d 257 · 1991
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Powell · United States v. Morton Salt Co. · Endicott Johnson Corp. v. Perkins · Edwards v. Califano · United States v. Gammache
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“establish a comprehensive inspection, collection and fiscal and production accounting and auditing system to provide the capability to accurately determine oil and gas royalties, interest, fines, penalties, fees, deposits, and other payments owed, and to collect and account for such amounts in a timely manner.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Oxy Usa, Inc., Mobil Exploration & Producing U.S., Inc. v. Bruce Babbitt, Secretary Bob Armstrong, Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management Cynthia Quarterman, Director, Minerals Management Service Erasmo Gonzales, Chief, Houston Compliance Division, Minerals Management Service and Gary L. Johnson, Chief, Dallas and Tulsa Compliance Offices, Minerals Management Service, Department of the Interior, Shell Oil Company v. Bruce Babbitt, Secretary, Department of the Interior Bob Armstrong, Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior Cynthia Quarterman, Director, Minerals Management Service, Department of the Interior Erasmo Gonzales, Chief, Houston Compliance Division, Minerals Management Service, Department of the Interior and Gary L. Johnson, Chief, Dallas and Tulsa Compliance Offices, Minerals Management Service, Department of the Interior · Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Lujan“audit and reconcile, to the extent practicable, all current and past lease accounts for leases of oil or gas and take appropriate actions to make additional collections or refunds as warranted.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Oxy Usa, Inc., Mobil Exploration & Producing U.S., Inc. v. Bruce Babbitt, Secretary Bob Armstrong, Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management Cynthia Quarterman, Director, Minerals Management Service Erasmo Gonzales, Chief, Houston Compliance Division, Minerals Management Service and Gary L. Johnson, Chief, Dallas and Tulsa Compliance Offices, Minerals Management Service, Department of the Interior, Shell Oil Company v. Bruce Babbitt, Secretary, Department of the Interior Bob Armstrong, Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior Cynthia Quarterman, Director, Minerals Management Service, Department of the Interior Erasmo Gonzales, Chief, Houston Compliance Division, Minerals Management Service, Department of the Interior and Gary L. Johnson, Chief, Dallas and Tulsa Compliance Offices, Minerals Management Service, Department of the Interior · Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Lujan“Defendants were not asserting a claim for underpayment of royalties. Had they been, plaintiff might have very well been able to assert a statute of limitations defense.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. 811 F. Supp. 1520 - Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Lujan · Oxy Usa, Inc., Mobil Exploration & Producing U.S., Inc. v. Bruce Babbitt, Secretary Bob Armstrong, Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management Cynthia Quarterman, Director, Minerals Management Service Erasmo Gonzales, Chief, Houston Compliance Division, Minerals Management Service and Gary L. Johnson, Chief, Dallas and Tulsa Compliance Offices, Minerals Management Service, Department of the Interior, Shell Oil Company v. Bruce Babbitt, Secretary, Department of the Interior Bob Armstrong, Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior Cynthia Quarterman, Director, Minerals Management Service, Department of the Interior Erasmo Gonzales, Chief, Houston Compliance Division, Minerals Management Service, Department of the Interior and Gary L. Johnson, Chief, Dallas and Tulsa Compliance Offices, Minerals Management Service, Department of the Interior
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.