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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. by: Megan J. Nat’l Park Serv. , 09-40187 (5th Cir. The case involved land in the Padre Island National Park, created in 1963. The conflict arose between the National Park Service (“Service”), owner of surface estates, and Plaintiffs who were owners of mineral estates.

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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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As a condition of Wells Fargo releasing the mortgage, Tauren assigned a 10% interest in its shallow rights interest in the lease to Wells Fargo. Additionally, on November 9, 2009, Cubic assigned to Tauren an overriding royalty interest in the deep rights of its 49% interest in the lease. 2010-2011 (La.

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