COYOTE LAKE RANCH, LLC v. CITY OF LUBBOCK

NO. 14-0572.

498 S.W.3d 53 (2016)

COYOTE LAKE RANCH, LLC, Petitioner, v. The CITY OF LUBBOCK, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion delivered May 27, 2016.

Rehearing Denied September 23, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rachel Anne Ekery , Wallace B. Jefferson , Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend LLP, Austin, TX, Cullom Brantley Jones , Marvin W. Jones , Sprouse Shrader Smith, PLLC, Amarillo, TX, Jennifer Ruth Josephson , Roger D. Townsend , Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend LLP, Dallas, TX, for Petitioner.

Jeffrey C. Hartsell , Chief Litigation Attorney, Richard K. Casner , Crenshaw, Dupree & Milam, LLP, Lubbock, TX, Dale Wainwright , Lindsay E. Hagans , Bracewell LLP, Austin, TX, for Respondent.

Doug Caroom , Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP, Austin TX, for Amicus Curiae Canadian River Municipal Water Authority.

Arthur G. Uhl III , Uhl, Fitzsimons, Jewett & Burton, San Antonio TX, for Amicus Curiae Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association.

Andy McSwain , Daniel Nesbitt MacLemore IV , Fulbright Winniford PC, Waco TX, for Amicus Curiae Texas Farm Bureau.

Harriet O'Neill , Law Office of Harriet O'Neill, PC, Austin TX, Lisa Bowlin Hobbs , Kuhn Hobbs PLLC, Austin TX, for Amicus Curiae The Land Owner Coalition of Texas.

Dylan O. Drummond , Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, Dallas TX, for Amicus Curiae The Texas City Attorneys Association and The Texas Municipal League.


Absent an agreement to the contrary, an oil-and-gas lessee has an implied right to use the land as reasonably necessary to produce and remove the minerals but must exercise that right with due...

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