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Louisiana First Circuit Applies Subsequent Purchaser Doctrine to Property Transfer Involving Closely Held LLC

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In 2009, several of the Bailey family members formed New 90, LLC to manage this and other family-owned property. After creating New 90, the individual Bailey family owners of the property executed an Act of Transfer on March 20, 2009 that transferred their interests in the property to New 90 in exchange for membership interests in the LLC.

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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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3] Tauren subsequently assigned a 49% interest in the lease to Cubic Energy, Inc. 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.

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Louisiana Second Circuit Finds Holder of Mortgage Encumbering a Mineral Lease Solidarily Liable with Mineral Lessees for Damages Under the Louisiana Mineral Code

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The Second Circuit’s decision also addressed issues involving production in paying quantities and failure to pay royalties under the Louisiana Mineral Code, and a detailed discussion of those issues is also located on T he Energy Law Blog. Tauren”) In February 2006, Tauren assigned an undivided 49% interest in the Lease to Cubic Energy, Inc.

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Louisiana’s Sabine River Authority Not Entitled To Sovereign Immunity

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38:2325(B) which states that it holds property “as an instrumentality of the State of Louisiana[;]” the Fifth Circuit pointed out that the statute also states “[t]itle to all property acquired by the Authority shall be taken in its corporate name.” La. 2009) (citing McCarthy ex rel. Caremark, Inc., 3d 655, 658 (5th Cir. 4 (5th Cir.

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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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Nonetheless, it does serve as a reminder that when a party recognizes an omission or mistake in an instrument affecting mineral rights, a party should not immediately opt for an easy fix via a notarial act of correction. University of Georgia, 2009. Associate, Liskow & Lewis, B.A.,

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