BROWN v. SUTTON

No. 60648.

356 So.2d 965 (1978)

Maurice L. BROWN v. R. T. SUTTON, Commissioner of Conservation, etc.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 6, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Veil David DeVillier, Eunice, for defendant-applicant, R. T. Sutton, etc.

Ray A. Barlow, Joseph L. Hargrove, Jr., David L. Smelley, Hargrove, Guyton, Ramey & Barlow, Shreveport, for intervenor-applicant, Franks Petroleum, Inc.

J. Clayton Johnson, Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, Samuel W. Caverlee, Wilkinson, Carmody & Peatross, Shreveport, for plaintiff-respondent.

Robert T. Jorden, George H. Robinson, Jr., Liskow & Lewis, Lafayette, Lawrence E. Donohoe, Jr., Onebane, Donohoe, Bernard, Torian, Diaz, McNamara & Abell, Lafayette, John M. McCollam, Gordon, Arata & McCollam, New Orleans, Robert Roberts, III, Blanchard, Walker, O'Quin & Roberts, Shreveport, D. R. Sartor, Jr., Snellings, Breard, Sartor, Shafto & Inabnett, Monroe, for amicus curiae.


SUMMERS, Justice.

Franks Petroleum, Inc., applied to the Commissioner of Conservation on May 12, 1976 for a public hearing. The application set forth that Franks would propose to establish and maintain a unitized operation and secondary recovery project for the Cotton Valley reservoir of the Minden Field, Webster Parish, Louisiana, pursuant to Section 5 C of Title 30 of the Revised Statute.1...

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