CHEVRON U.S.A., INC. v. STATE

No. 2007-C-2469.

993 So.2d 187 (2008)

CHEVRON U.S.A., INC. v. STATE of Louisiana, et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied November 21, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Caldwell, Attorney General, E. Kay Kirkpatrick, Ryan Michael Seidemann, Assistant Attorneys General; Ottinger Hebert, LLC, Patgrick S. Ottinger, Stuart Michael Simoneaud, Renee Angela Dupre, Valerie V. Guidry, Lafayette; Ballay, Braud & Colon, PLC, Stephen Charles Braud, Belle Chasse, for applicant.

W. Eric Lundin, III, Parish Attorney, LeVerrier Cooley, IV, Special Assistant Parish Attorney; Liskow & Lewis, Joe Barrelle Norman, New Orleans, Collette Nicloe Ross; Robert Emmett Tarcza, New Orleans; Robert L. Lobrano, for respondent


CALOGERO, Chief Justice.*

This case commenced with a concursus and declaratory judgment action filed by plaintiff, Chevron USA Inc., which sought to determine which of two defendants, the Plaquemines Parish Government ("PPG") or the State of Louisiana, is entitled to receive mineral royalties being derived from Unit Tract 1 located in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Pursuant to a lease granted by the Buras Levee District ("BLD") in 1938...

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