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A premises owner can still be a statutory employer in Texas, at least for now

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Summers April 3, 2009. They are also available on Westlaw at 2009 WL 884906. 2063 ( [link] ) before deciding whether to revise their insurance programs and forms of agreement with maintenance, construction, and other contractors in light of the decision in Entergy. The court’s holding, however, did not change.

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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

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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

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404 (2009). In Townsend, the Supreme Court ruled that punitive damages are available to seamen in claims against their employers for willful or wanton failure to pay maintenance and cure. The Court’s reasoning hinged largely on the fact that both punitive damages and maintenance and cure predated passage of the Jones Act.

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Louisiana’s Sabine River Authority Not Entitled To Sovereign Immunity

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The Fifth Circuit agreed with the lower court that state statutes and case law characterize SRA-L as an arm of the state; but caveated that the factor was restricted and “given the inconsistent descriptions in the same statutes and the lack of a more-definite characterization in either statute or case law.” [7] Caremark, Inc.,

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Louisiana Second Circuit Addresses: (1) Creation of Mineral Servitudes Via Notarial Acts of Correction; (2) Obstacles Suspending the Prescription of Nonuse from Running Against Mineral Servitudes; and (3) Payment of Court Costs in Concursus Actions

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1] In the case, an operator initiated a concursus action seeking to resolve ownership interest in minerals underlying property on which it was operating. University of Georgia, 2009. Flat River Farms, L.L.C. , which governs notarial acts of correction: A. (1) b) The notary who actually prepared the act containing the error. [13]

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