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EXXON CORP. v. EMERALD OIL & GAS CO., L.C.

No. 05-1076.

348 S.W.3d 194 (2011)

EXXON CORPORATION and Exxon Texas, Inc., Petitioners, v. EMERALD OIL & GAS COMPANY, L.C. and Laurie T. Miesch, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Argued February 13, 2007.

Rehearing Granted November 20, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shannon H. Ratliff , Marla Diane Broaddus , Ratliff Law Firm, P.L.L.C., Karen L. Watkins , Patton G. Lochridge , W. Timothy George , McGinnis Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P., Austin, S. Jack Balagia Jr. , Exxon Mobil Corporation, Byron C. Keeling , Keeling & Downes, P.C., and John E. O'Neill , Howrey, LLP, Houston, for Exxon Corporation.

William J. Joseph Jr. , Candace Beth Kaiser Eindorf , Howrey, L.L.P., Alice Oliver-Parrott , Alice Oliver-Parrott, P.C., Maria Teresa Arguindegui , Maria Teresa Arguindegui, P.C., Houston, Elana S. Einhorn , University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Deborah G. Hankinson , Hankinson Levinger LLP, Dallas, for Emerald Oil & Gas Company, L.P.

William J. Joseph Jr. , Candace Beth Kaiser Eindorf , Howrey, L.L.P., Hartley Hampton , Fibich Hampton & Leebron, Houston, Michael James Krueger , Sharpe & Krueger, Kingsville, for Laurie T. Miesch.

Michael James Krueger , Sharpe & Krueger, Kingsville, for Other Interested Party Janie Miesch Robertson.

William Guy Arnott III , Winstead PC, Houston, for Amicus Curiae Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.

John B. McFarland , Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody, P.C., Austin, for Amicus Curiae Texas Land and Mineral Owners' Association.

Everard A. Marseglia Jr. , Liskow & Lewis, PLC, Houston, for Amicus Curiae Texas Oil & Gas Association.

David P. Wilson , Darren L. Brown , Provost & Umphrey Law Firm, L.L.P., Beaumont, Eileen F. O'Neill , Ware, Jackson, Lee & Chambers, L.L.P., Houston, for Morgan Francis Dunn O'Connor.

David P. Wilson , Provost & Umphrey Law Firm, L.L.P., Beaumont, for T. Michael O'Connor, Brien O'Connor Dunn, Kelly Dunn Scharr, Bridley Dunn Greeson, Dunn-O'Connor Family Trust, Nancy O'Connor.

Zachary S. Brady , Zachary S. Brady, P.C., Lubbock, for Amicus Curiae Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association.

William F. Warnick , Texas General Land Office, Austin, for Amicus Curiae Jerry Patterson.

Justice WAINWRIGHT delivered the opinion of the Court.

After issuing our opinion, we granted the parties' motions for rehearing on November 20, 2009 and obtained further briefing from the parties. On December 17, 2010, we issued an opinion on rehearing and modified our judgment. Thereafter, the parties filed second motions for rehearing. Today, we deny the parties' motions, but withdraw our opinion of December 17, 2010 and substitute the following opinion. Our judgment...

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