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Decedent died on November 16, 1990.
On February 15, 1991, the District Court issued an order
determining in part that the royalty interest owners were liable
to Exxon under Federal common law for restitution of overcharges
received by them on account of the misclassified oil. Despite
its previous order bifurcating the issues, the District Court
rendered summary judgment on both the liability and damages
issues. The District Court then referred the calculation of
damages to a special master.
In April 1991, Michael Riddle, decedent's attorney for
estate tax purposes, and James Knowles, her attorney in the
Jarvis Christian litigation, attended a meeting with
representatives of Exxon in Houston, Texas, at which Exxon
presented its calculation of the amounts owed by the Allen
parties. Exxon claimed a total of $2,482,719 from decedent's
estate, which included interest.7 Exxon had sought prejudgment
interest beginning in February 1975 and postjudgment interest
beginning in June 1983 with respect to the amounts it had paid to
the Treasury in Exxon I. However, in its February 15, 1991,
order, the District Court in the Jarvis Christian litigation
determined that Exxon was only entitled to prejudgment interest
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summary judgment filed on Jan. 16, 1990.
7The amount claimed by Exxon included amounts sought from
Jessamine's and Frankie's interests, which the decedent had
inherited.
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