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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. Second, the appellate court found that the discovery rule did not suspend the running of prescription.

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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. . Second, the appellate court found that the discovery rule did not suspend the running of prescription.

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

The Energy Law

In Laddex , the lessee of the top lease, Laddex, sued the lessee of the base lease, BP, contending that the prior lease terminated during a period of slow production between August 2005 and November 2006. Both parties filed petitions for review before the Texas Supreme Court.

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

The Energy Law

Tackling this problem, the Louisiana Legislature in 2006 enacted La. However, there was no mechanism to ensure that a penny of the $33 million awarded in Corbello would be spent on clean-up. 30:29, known as Act 312.

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OSHA Awards Damages for Retaliatory Discharge of Jones Act Seaman in Violation of Seaman’s Protection Act

The Energy Law

The obvious intent of the SPA is to guaranty “that, when seamen provide information of dangerous situations to the Coast Guard, they will be free from the “debilitating threat of employment reprisals for publicly asserting company violations” of maritime statutes or regulations.” Riverboat Services of Indiana, Inc., 451 F.3d 3d 424 , 444 (7th Cir.