SANDEFER OIL & GAS, INC. v. DUHON

No. 88-4555.

871 F.2d 526 (1989)

SANDEFER OIL & GAS, INC., and Sohio Petroleum Co., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Deanne Lounsberry DUHON, and Freddie Paul Lounsberry, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 28, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Hardy, III, Herman E. Garner, Lafayette, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Clifton O. Bingham, Jr., Rudolph Estess, Jr., Baton Rouge, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before GARZA, JOLLY and JONES, Circuit Judges.


E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

In this case we consider whether the district court abused its discretion in declining to exercise jurisdiction under the Declaratory Judgment Act over a complaint seeking a declaration of rights under a disputed portion of an oil, gas and mineral lease. Finding that the court did abuse its discretion, we reverse its dismissal of that complaint and remand for further proceedings.

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On January 31, 1985, Deanne Lounsberry...

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