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Texas Supreme Court to Hear Miesch Case

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13-99-757, 2005 WL 167051 (Tex.App.—Corpus 27, 2005, pet. The royalty owners intervened and asserted claims against Exxon for, among others, common law waste, statutory waste, negligence per se, tortious interference, and failure to develop. Exxon’s Petition for Review was filed September 9, 2005, arguing that: 1.

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Texas Supreme Court Agrees to Review Three Oil and Gas Cases in 2016

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On appeal, the Amarillo Court of Appeals agreed with Red Deer, finding that BP could not invoke the lease’s shut-in royalty clause because production from the last well was so slow that production in paying quantities had ceased, and thus the lease terminated, prior to BP shutting the wells in and offering to pay shut-in royalties.

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Louisiana Extends Abandonment Period For Litigation Affected by Katrina or Rita

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This rule is operative without any formal order. 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.