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March 11, 1991.
Concurring Opinion March 15, 1991.
On Application on Denial of Rehearing May 23, 1991.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
James J. Coleman, Sr., Charles B. Johnson, Peggy Wallace, Henry Lazarus, Coleman, Dutrey & Johnson, Allan Kanner, Reuben A. Guttman, Joel Waltzer, Kanner & Guttman, P.C., Mack A. Barham, Robert Arceneaux, Lee A. Archer, Barham & Markle, for plaintiff-applicant Magnolia Coal Terminal.
Charles D. Marshall, Jr., David N. Schell, Jr., Milling, Benson, Woodward, Hillyer, Pierson & Miller, New Orleans, William G. Paul, John L. Williford, Kenneth E. Rogers, David M. Whitney, Patrick H. Martin, for defendant-respondent Phillips Petroleum Oil.
George C. Gibson, Andre Phillips La Place, James Berry St. John, Jr., Craig Wyman, Robert T. Jorden, Charles B. Griffis, III, Chevron, U.S.A. Inc., Douglas A. Molony, CNG Producing Co., Malcolm Johns, Louisiana Land & Exploration Co., Frederick J. Plaeger, III, New Orleans, Sonat Exploration Co., Philip C. Wrangle, Houston, Tex., Texaco Inc., Shirley C. Friend, John D. Fitzmorris, Jr., New Orleans, Amoco Production Company, Millard E. Matthews, Jr., Houston, Shell Offshore Inc., Susan K. Carter, New Orleans, J. Patrick Batchelor, Commissioner of Conservation, State of Louisiana, George C. Gibson, New Orleans, Louisiana, Department of Environmental Quality, Keith W. Petrie, Baton Rouge, amicus curiae.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Concurring Opinion by Justice Calogero March 15, 1991.
WATSON, Justice.
Seeking damages to a 2,200 acre tract of land, the plaintiff/owner, Magnolia Coal Terminal, alleges that defendant/lessee, Phillips Oil Company, and Phillips' predecessors, have: failed to control oil seepage from a well which was not properly plugged and abandoned; failed to properly clean up the well site; failed to restore the surface to its original condition; and failed to comply...
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