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The Continued Struggle to Rebut the Van Dyke Presumption

Producer's Edge

Additionally, the court considered that the deed used the word “Grantors” in other parts of the document but switched to “landowner’s usual 1/8 royalty” in the granting clause. But generally, the royalty interests at issue affected over 300 individuals. By way of background, in 1955 J.D.

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EPA and BSEE Team Up to Resolve Offshore Environmental Violations

The Energy Law

Recently, when there was talk about Houston-based ATP Oil and Gas’ (ATP) legal problems, it was inevitably about its bankruptcy and its effort to bring the overriding royalty interests it had conveyed back into the bankrupt estate as debt instruments.

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Emerging on the Other Side of the Coronavirus Pandemic: Raising Structured Capital for Small and Mid-Size Businesses

The Energy Law

The existing equity for corporations is represented by shares of stock, and the issuance of additional shares of stock typically is addressed in the certificate of formation, by-laws, articles of incorporation or other organizational documents. Finally, there are SMBs organized as limited partnerships under state law.