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STATE EX REL. GUSTE v. TEXACO, INC.

No. 82 CA 0659.

433 So.2d 756 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana, ex rel. William J. GUSTE, Jr. v. TEXACO, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 11, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Ernest R. Eldred, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, Jack Pierce Brook, Lafayette, for plaintiff.

A. Lane Plauche, Lake Charles, James W. Schwing, New Iberia, for Raymond E. Hankamer, Aubrey H. Rabensburg, Robert Eikel, Trustee of Dorothy Davis Eikel Trust and David C. Bintliff & Co., Inc.

Davis A. Gueymard, Cyrus J. Greco, Patrick H. Martin, Baton Rouge, for Governor Treen, State of La. Com'r of Admin., La. State Mineral Bd.

Gene W. Lafitte, Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, for Texaco, Inc.

Peter J. Butler, Butler & Heebe, New Orleans, Newman Trowbridge, Jr., Bauer, Darnall & Boudreaux, Franklin, for Broadhurst, Brook, Mangham, Hardy & Reed and Ernest R. Eldred.

Before EDWARDS, WATKINS and SHORTESS, JJ.

WATKINS, Judge.

This appeal concerns a claim for attorney's fees by Special Counsel for the State of Louisiana who represented the State in a suit in the Sixteenth Judicial District Court for St. Mary Parish against Texaco, Inc. for cancellation of certain mineral leases held by Texaco. The attorneys claiming the fees are the law firm of Broadhurst, Brook, Mangham, Hardy & Reed and Ernest R. Eldred, A Professional Corporation. The principal issue in the suit was...

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