CLOVELLY OIL CO. v. MIDSTATES PETROLEUM CO.

No. 2012-C-2055.

112 So.3d 187 (2013)

CLOVELLY OIL CO., LLC v. MIDSTATES PETROLEUM CO., LLC, et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied May 3, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beyt and Beyt, PC, Raymond Anthony Beyt, Esq. , Lafayette, LA, Louisiana State University Law Center, Patrick H. Martin, Esq. , Randazzo Giglio & Bailey LLC, Matthew Joseph Randazzo, III, Esq. , Shawn Alexander Carter, Esq., Lafayette, LA, Vinson & Elkins, LLP, Marie Roach Yeates, Esq. , for Applicant.

Carver, Darden, Koretzky, Tessier, Finn, Blossman, Marshall Taylor Darden, Esq. , Matthew James Fantaci, Esq. , Paul Joseph Goodwine, Esq. , New Orleans, LA, Holly Occhipinti Thompson, Esq. , for Respondent.


JOHNSON, C.J.*

By virtue of a series of assignments, Clovelly Oil Co., LLC ("Clovelly") and Midstates Petroleum Co., LLC ("Midstates") are now parties to a 1972 joint operating agreement ("JOA"). We granted this writ application to determine whether a lease acquired by Midstates in 2008 is subject to the provisions of the JOA.1 Answering that question in the negative...

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