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TIDELANDS ROYALTY B CORP. v. GULF OIL CORP.

No. 85-1506.

804 F.2d 1344 (1986)

TIDELANDS ROYALTY "B" CORP., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GULF OIL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 14, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gene W. Lafitte, New Orleans, La., C. Steven Matlock, D.L. Case, Dallas, Tex., Deborah Bahn Price, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellant.

Leo Hoffman, Kenneth S. Beat, Dallas, Tex., John M. McCollam, Robert B. Wiygul, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WISDOM, DAVIS, and JONES, Circuit Judges.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents a question of first impression involving oil and gas law. The question is whether, under Louisiana law, the grant of an overriding mineral royalty by a mineral lessee imposes an implied obligation on the lessee to protect the royalty owner from drainage caused by the lessee's operations on adjacent lands.1 We answer neither affirmatively nor negatively...

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