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Louisiana First Circuit Reaffirms Prescription and Subsequent Purchaser Principles

The Energy Law

3d—, the Louisiana First Circuit recently reaffirmed well-settled principles regarding prescription and the subsequent purchaser doctrine in Louisiana legacy cases. In this case, Lexington Land sued Chevron U.S.A., Exxon Mobil Corporation , 2009-2368 (La. This opinion reinforces several key concepts in legacy cases.

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Louisiana First Circuit Reaffirms Prescription and Subsequent Purchaser Principles

The Energy Law

3d—, the Louisiana First Circuit recently reaffirmed well-settled principles regarding prescription and the subsequent purchaser doctrine in Louisiana legacy cases. In this case, Lexington Land sued Chevron U.S.A., Exxon Mobil Corporation , 2009-2368 (La. This opinion reinforces several key concepts in legacy cases.

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Louisiana First Circuit Reaffirms Prescription and Subsequent Purchaser Principles

The Energy Law

3d—, the Louisiana First Circuit recently reaffirmed well-settled principles regarding prescription and the subsequent purchaser doctrine in Louisiana legacy cases. In this case, Lexington Land sued Chevron U.S.A., Exxon Mobil Corporation , 2009-2368 (La. This opinion reinforces several key concepts in legacy cases.

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U.S. Fifth Circuit Issues CAFA Opinion in Mass Action Addressing Two Issues of First Impression

The Energy Law

Shortly after the consolidation motion was granted, Mobil Oil (who was a named defendant in Bottley , not Lester ) removed both cases under CAFA, arguing that the consolidation of Bottley and Lester constituted a newly commenced “mass action.” Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, Case No. 13-6222, Div.

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Booking PUDs in a “Proven Area”… Use Caution Applying Reliable Technology

CG&A

Sometimes this is the case, but not always.And have there been enough 2.0 Proceed at your own risk! mile, to 1.5 mile, to 2.0 mile laterals, but the current development plan is for 2.0 mile wells, then the anticipated or targeted improvement in recovery would be 33.3% (assuming no other changes).Sometimes

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Louisiana Second Circuit Provides Clarity on Production in Paying Quantities and Affirms Lease Cancellation Under Mineral Code Article 140 for Failure to Pay Royalties

The Energy Law

6] On September 1, 2009, Gloria’s Ranch executed a top lease to Chesapeake on the property in Section 21. [7] 7] In November of 2009, Tauren assigned the deep rights (all depths below the base of the Cotton Valley formation) to EXCO USA Asset, Inc. for the 18 month period prior to Gloria’s Ranch’s letter in December of 2009. [19]

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Ninth and Fifth Circuits Split on Issue of Punitive Damages Under Maritime Law

The Energy Law

404 (2009). Instead, according to the Ninth Circuit, the references to nonpecuniary damages in Miles had been given too much weight when the case itself really concerned the specific availability of loss of society damages (a type of nonpecuniary remedy with its own storied and arcane history). Sounding Co. Townsend, 557 U.S.

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