Exxon Corporation v. Heinze

32 F.3d 1399 EXXON CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. Harold C. HEINZE; Charles E. Cole, Attorney General for the State of Alaska; Ronald Swanson, Director of the Division of Lands; James E. Eason, Director of the Division of Oil and Gas, Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants. Nos. 92-35266, 92-35323. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 2, 1993. Decided Aug. 17, 1994. Thomas Gibbs Gee and David D. Sterling, Baker & Botts, Houston, TX; Carl J.D. Bauman and Joseph R.D. Loescher, Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell & Brundin, Anchorage, AK, for plaintiff-appellant-cross-appellee. Bruce M. Botelho, Deputy Attorney General, Juneau, AK; and Wilson L. Condon, Deborah L. Williams, and Katheryn Bradley, Condon, Partnow & Sharrock, Anchorage, AK, for defendants-appellees-cross-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. Before: WRIGHT, GOODWIN, and HUG, Circuit Judges. GOODWIN, Circuit Judge: 1 Exxon Corporation ("Exxon") 1 appeals an order dismissing its 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 lawsuit and denying its prayer to enjoin certain Alaska state court litigation over state oil and gas royalties.…