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COVID-19 as a Force Majeure? The Texas and Louisiana Perspectives

The Energy Law

A counter-example is Continental Oil Co. The Louisiana court found that this did not make the performance impossible but merely rendered it more difficult, burdensome, and unprofitable, causes which could not be excused. Courts are not entirely consistent on this point, however. Crutcher , 434 F.

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