Sun Oil Company v. Wortman

Sun Oil Company (Sun) (defendant), leasing land and extracting gas in Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana, suspended royalty payments to landowners including Richard Wortman (plaintiffs), who filed a class action in Kansas state court; Sun argued the claims were time-barred under the shorter statutes of limitations of Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana, while the landowners argued Kansas's longer five-year statute applied. The Kansas courts applied Kansas's limitations period, and Sun appealed on Due Process and Full Faith and Credit grounds, ultimately reaching the U.S. Supreme Court.