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United States v. Exxon Corp., 773 F.2d 1240 (Temp. Emer. Ct. App.
1985).
On February 27, 1986, Exxon paid the judgment, which
amounted to just under $2.1 billion with interest. The amount
paid consisted of $895,501,164 in overcharges, $771,997,881 in
prejudgment interest, and $428,273,813 in postjudgment interest.
On January 26, 1988, Exxon filed suit in the U.S. District
Court for the Eastern District of Texas (Tyler Division) against
the owners of royalty and mineral interests in the HFU. Exxon v.
Arnold, docket No. TY-88-110-CA (E.D. Tex., Jan. 26, 1988).
Exxon’s suit was consolidated with the Jarvis Christian
litigation at docket No. TY-80-432-CA (Consolidated Action).4
Exxon sought reimbursement from the interest owners of the
amounts which it had paid to the Treasury as a result of the DOE
litigation.
Decedent, individually and as the executrix of the estate of
Jessamine Allen, and Frankie were parties to the suit. The HFU
royalty interest owners vigorously contested Exxon’s claims. On
June 22, 1988, the District Court issued an order declaring the
threshold issue in the Jarvis Christian litigation to be the
existence of a Federal common law reimbursement claim and
ordering the parties to file dispositive motions as to that
4Hereinafter, we shall refer to this consolidated action as
the Jarvis Christian litigation.
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