CHEVRON U.S.A. v. MARTIN EXPLORATION CO.

No. 83-C-1543.

447 So.2d 469 (1984)

CHEVRON U.S.A. INC. v. MARTIN EXPLORATION COMPANY, Ken G. Martin, Bta Oil Producers, Cotton Petroleum Corporation, Thomas A. Durham, Herschell J. McCunn, Loren G. Horton, John O. Smith, Robert L. Brownlee, G.D. Ward and Gordon Smith.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied March 23, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Truman Woodward, Jr., John C. Christian, M. Taylor Darden, Milling, Benson, Woodward, Hillyer, Pierson & Miller, New Orleans, Patrick S. Ottinger, Plauche, Hartley, Lapeyre & Ottinger, Lafayette, David M. Ellison, Jr., Ellison & Smith, Batton Rouge, Nathaniel P. Phillips, James A. Babst, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, for applicants.

Robert Redfearn, Steven A. Jacobson, Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, New Orleans, William S. Strain, Strain & Mayhall, Baton Rouge, Frederick B. Alexis, Provosty, Sadler & Delaunay, Alexandria, for respondents.


BLANCHE, Justice.

This case originated as an action by Chevron for a declaratory judgment on the issue of whether Martin Exploration had forfeited its interest in an oil and gas lease in Pointe Coupee Parish. Specifically at issue was the effect of a preliminary operating agreement between Chevron and Martin's assignor, Tomlinson, which provided for forfeiture of unit acreage for non-consenting parties. The trial court held that the preliminary agreement was binding...

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