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Louisiana Extends Abandonment Period For Litigation Affected by Katrina or Rita

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By Joe Giarrusso: In Louisiana, a lawsuit is generally deemed abandoned when the parties fail to take any step in its prosecution for three years. This rule is operative without any formal order.

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Texas Supreme Court to Hear Miesch Case

The Energy Law

13-99-757, 2005 WL 167051 (Tex.App.—Corpus 27, 2005, pet. In the Supreme Court of Texas) Emerald, a subsequent lessee of Exxon, sued Exxon for wrongful conduct “in the development and abandonment of oil and gas wells in the Mary Ellen O’Connor Field.” Exxon’s Petition for Review was filed September 9, 2005, arguing that: 1.

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