ELR Citation: ELR 20712
No(s). s. G-90-317 et al (S.D. Tex. Jan 4, 1994)

The court holds that owners of surface and royalty interests in an oil field are entitled to recover an interim award of over $328,000 in attorney fees under the Oil Pollution Act (OPA) in an action against past and current operators of the field that allegedly contaminated the surface of the field ...