TRAHAN v. SUPERIOR OIL CO.

No. 81-3081.

700 F.2d 1004 (1983)

Laurest J. TRAHAN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants Cross-Appellees, v. SUPERIOR OIL COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 21, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond A. Beyt, Bernard E. Beyt, Lafayette, La., for Laurest J. Trahan et al.

Liskow & Lewis, Lawrence P. Simon, Jr., Robert T. Jorden, Lafayette, La., for Superior Oil Co.

Gordon, Arata & McCollam, John M. McCollam, New Orleans, La., for all other defendants.

Before BROWN, GEE and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.


GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

In this Louisiana law diversity case, plaintiffs Trahan, et al. appeal from a judgment dismissing their suit for cancellation of a mineral lease based on the alleged failure of the defendant lessee to prevent drainage of plaintiffs' land from a well drilled by the defendant on a nearby tract. The district court held that plaintiffs' suit was based solely on the theory that, as a result of defendant's failure to fairly present information in...

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