KAISER ALUMINUM EXPLOR. CO. v. THOMPSON

Nos. CA/86/1277, CA/86/1278.

512 So.2d 1197 (1987)

KAISER ALUMINUM EXPLORATION COMPANY, Park Lane Enterprises, Inc., Expec Resources, Limited, Acme Brick Company, David Ewell, Leighton Ewell, Rosa McMillian, Betty Craig, Dolese Concrete Company, Louisiana National Bank, as Trustee for the Kirk E. Williams, Jr. Inter Vivos Trust and Bernadette S. Williams Inter Vivos Trust, Tolmak, Inc., Kansas City Southern Railway Company v. The Honorable Herbert W. THOMPSON, Commissioner of Conservation and Assistant Secretary, Office of Conservation of the Staff of Louisiana. CHEVRON U.S.A. INC. v. Herbert W. THOMPSON, Commission of Conservation.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

August 18, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.L. Redfearn, John C. Herbert, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant Kaiser Aluminum Exploration Co., Dolese Concrete Co., LNB as Trustee for the Kirk E. Williams, Inter Vivos Trust and Bernadett S. Williams, Inter Vivos Trust, Rosa E. McMillian, Elizabeth E. Craig, Leighton B. Ewell, David Ewell, Park Lane Enterprises, Inc., Expec Resource, Ltd.

H.H. Hillyer, Jr., Taylor Darden, New Orleans, for Chevron USA, Inc.

David Devillier, Eunice, for defendant-appellee Herbert W. Thompson, Com'n of Conservation.

Lawrence E. Donohoe, Jr., Lafayette, for intervenor-appellee Celeron Oil and Gas Co.

R. Gordon Kean, Jr., Baton Rouge, for intervenor-appellee Rolfe McCollister, Sr. and T.N. Samuel.

Before GROVER L. COVINGTON, C.J., and SAVOIE and LEBLANC, JJ.


SAVOIE, Judge.

Defendant-appellees have filed a motion to dismiss this appeal on grounds of mootness.

By Office of Conservation Order Number 1047, dated effective November 21, 1978, the Commissioner of Conservation defined the 17,600' Tuscaloosa Sand, Reservoir A, and created twenty drilling and production units for the area. By Order 1047-A, dated effective September 18, 1979, the Commissioner created five additional drilling and production units for the...

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