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Louisiana Third Circuit Holds Land Damages Cases Improperly Cumulated

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The case was then transferred to Vermillion Parish, Louisiana pursuant to exceptions filed by the defendants for improper venue. The trial judge ultimately granted the exceptions and dismissed the plaintiffs’ action without prejudice on May 7, 2007. On appeal, the Third Circuit held that the actions were improperly cumulated.

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Texas case holds seller bound to terms of forged document

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Raven employed Michael Lee as its primary contact in negotiations with Legacy over the sale of the property involved in the case. The document was dated June 22, 2007 and it was not signed. After a negotiation period, Legacy sent a draft of a purchase agreement to Raven.

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Oil and Gas Operators are Not Entitled to Reimbursement of Production Expenses from Unleased Landowners – Caldwell Lands, Inc. v. Cedyco Corp., 2007-1515 (La. App. 3rd Cir. 4/2/08), 980 So. 2d 827

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by April Rolen-Ogden This case involved a suit by an unleased landowner against an oil and gas unit operator seeking unpaid production proceeds. It is significant to note that the operator was not represented by counsel at trial, which may explain the ultimate outcome in this case.

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Fifth Circuit Allows Landowners’ Tort Claim Against Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality to Move Forward

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One of the Facility Defendants removed the case to federal court on the basis of diversity jurisdiction, arguing that complete diversity existed between all properly joined defendants and the Plaintiffs. 1] The Court found that remand was necessary in the case at issue because of the uncertainty of whether discretionary immunity under La.

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Recovery of Damages for Lost Production

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The case involved a claim for misappropriation of trade secrets, in this case seismic data. The decision can be found at 2007 WL 2900510 (W.D. Excalibur, et al. , the issue presented was whether damages for loss of a lease opportunity were too speculative to survive summary judgment.

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Appellate Review of Downhole Cases: The Supreme Court Repairs the Third Circuit’s Broken Manifest Error Standard in Hayes Fund for the First United Methodist Church of Welsh, LLC v. Kerr-McGee Rocky Mt., LLC, 149 So. 3d 280 (La. App. 3 Cir. 10/01/14)

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The Louisiana Supreme Court recently issued a decision in a downhole damages case, reversing the Third Circuit’s misguided application of the manifest error standard of review. The second, the “Hayes Lumber well”, produced the lower zone in the Nodosaria formation until 2007 when the operators ran into sanding problems. LEXIS 2530 (La.

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The OCSLA Does Not Provide Federal Jurisdiction for Insurance Disputes

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Accordingly, the district court remanded the case of LLOG Exploration Co. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s , 2007 WL 854307 (E.D. 3/16/07), to state court for lack of federal jurisdiction. 1349(B)(1). 1349(B)(1).