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Overturning 8 Years of “Palpable Error,” The Louisiana Supreme Court Limits Damages Available to Landowners in Oilfield Legacy Litigation

The Energy Law

The “ LL&E II ” decision finds that Act 312 charges the court, not the jury, to determine the funding needed to remediate property to government standards. 3d — (“ LL&E II ”). [1]. Background of Legacy Litigation and LL&E I . Tackling this problem, the Louisiana Legislature in 2006 enacted La. 2d 686 (La.

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Louisiana Third Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Royalty and Other Claims Based Upon Prescription

The Energy Law

The petitioners in the 2006 proceeding stated that they believed it was necessary for the succession to hire counsel to investigate and litigate these claims. The Succession of Mayo Romero. The Succession of Mayo Romero. Second, the appellate court found that the discovery rule did not suspend the running of prescription.

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Louisiana Supreme Court holds that payment of mineral royalties judgment against LDNR is a matter of legislative discretion, reversing grant of mandamus

The Energy Law

In 2006, a group of landowners filed a class action lawsuit against the State of Louisiana through the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (“LDNR”) concerning the ownership of riverbanks in the Catahoula Basin. State of Louisiana through the Department of Natural Resources , 22-0625 (La. 1/1/23), So.

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Overturning 8 Years of “Palpable Error,” The Louisiana Supreme Court Limits Damages Available to Landowners in Oilfield Legacy Litigation

The Energy Law

The “ LL&E II ” decision finds that Act 312 charges the court, not the jury, to determine the funding needed to remediate property to government standards. 3d — (“ LL&E II ”). [1]. Background of Legacy Litigation and LL&E I . Tackling this problem, the Louisiana Legislature in 2006 enacted La. 2d 686 (La.

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Louisiana Third Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Royalty and Other Claims Based Upon Prescription

The Energy Law

The petitioners in the 2006 proceeding stated that they believed it was necessary for the succession to hire counsel to investigate and litigate these claims. The Succession of Mayo Romero. . The Succession of Mayo Romero. . Second, the appellate court found that the discovery rule did not suspend the running of prescription.

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Louisiana Second Circuit Provides Guidance as to Good Faith Required When Conducting Operations Necessary to Interrupt Prescription of Mineral Servitude

The Energy Law

In January 2006, approximately 6 months before the servitude would expire for non-use, the mineral servitude owner conveyed the servitude to an affiliated business entity on the condition that it drill a well on the property by June 15, 2006. A well was spud on March 28, 2006.

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Fifth Circuit Applies U.S. Supreme Court’s Sackett Decision to End Long-Standing WOTUS Dispute

The Energy Law

As detailed in our prior Sackett blog article , CWA jurisdictional decisions have been plagued by administrative rulings, guidance, and court opinions that attempted to implement the plurality opinion in the Supreme Court’s 2006 Rapanos v. In Lewis v. United States , Case No. United States , Case No. water[s] of the United States, (i.e.,

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