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Fifth Circuit Reverses District Court Ruling Protecting Mineral Owner’s Rights of Ingress and Egress Over National Park Service Land

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Dunn-McCampbell Royalty Interest Inc. Nat’l Park Serv. , 09-40187 (5th Cir. The case involved land in the Padre Island National Park, created in 1963. The Service appealed the decision of the district court. The Service made two arguments on appeal.

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Who Owns the Void? Oral Arguments at SCOTX Regarding Underground Storage Rights

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The deed severed the mineral estate from the surface estate, with Myers-Woodward LLC (“Myers”) now owning the surface estate and a 1/8th non-participating royalty interest in minerals. ” The Fifth Circuit, applying Texas law in  Dunn-McCampbell Royalty Interest, Inc. 3d 39 , 47 (Tex.

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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 Louisiana Second Circuit upheld a trial court’s ruling that the holder of a security interest in mineral leases was solidarily liable for damages under the Louisiana Mineral Code stemming from its mineral lessees/mortgagors’ actions. [1] in unpaid royalties and an additional double damages penalty of $484,058.52 4] $242,029.26

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