EXXON CORP. v. THOMPSON

No. CA 88 0310.

564 So.2d 387 (1990)

EXXON CORPORATION v. The Honorable Herbert W. THOMPSON, Commissioner of Conservation and Assistant Secretary, Department of Natural Resources of the State of Louisiana.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

June 27, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Strain, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant Exxon Corp.

Kerry M. Massari, Lafayette, for amicus curiae Marion Epley, Jr., et al.

George C. Gibson, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee Herbert W. Thompson.

B.J. Duplantis, Lafayette, David Ellison, Jr., Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellees William Louis Albritton, Andrew Stirling Albritton, Fidelity Nat. Bank of B.R., Mary Louise Albritton LeBlanc, and Carol Stewart Albritton.

Before EDWARDS, WATKINS, CARTER, LANIER and CRAIN, JJ.


CARTER, Judge.

This appeal involves a dispute over the proceeds of the production of a natural gas well from the date of initial production, August 1, 1984, until the date of unitization, October 23, 1984. Exxon Corporation (Exxon) appeals from a district court judgment, upholding an order of the Louisiana Commissioner of Conservation (Commissioner), which mandated that the proceeds from production of the natural gas well be distributed in accordance with the order...

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