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BERGERON v. AMOCO PRODUCTION CO.

No. 85-3003.

789 F.2d 344 (1986)

Lester J. BERGERON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants Cross-Appellees, v. AMOCO PRODUCTION COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 14, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles C. St. Dizier, Strain, Dennis, Palmer, Mayhall & Bates, William S. Strain, Baton Rouge, La., Jewell & Jewell, John Wayne Jewell, New Roads, La., for plaintiffs-appellants cross-appellees.

J. Clayton Johnson, Tom F. Phillips, Baton Rouge, La., for defendants-appellees cross-appellants.

Before GARZA, POLITZ and HILL, Circuit Judges.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

In this Louisiana diversity jurisdiction suit we must determine the appropriate construction to be given oil, gas, and mineral (OGM) leases as they affect an undivided fractional interest in a 40-acre tract of land within the gas-rich Tuscaloosa Trend in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. Concluding that the district court correctly plumbed Louisiana law, we affirm.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

In September of 1976 James Mixon, a lease...

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