AVATAR EXPLORATION, INC. v. CHEVRON, U.S.A., INC.

No. 90-3427.

933 F.2d 314 (1991)

AVATAR EXPLORATION, INC., Vernon C. Moyers, Jr., and Specter Exploration, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CHEVRON, U.S.A., INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 12, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry C. Hebert, Paul J. Hebert, Sonnier, Hebert, Cabes & Hebert, Abbeville, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

John Catlet Christian, Milling, Benson, Woodward, Hillyer, Pierson & Miller, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before JOHNSON, WILLIAMS, and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

This appeal requires us to determine the rights and duties of parties to mineral leasing contracts in Louisiana. Appellant Avatar Exploration Co. assigned its interest in a mineral lease to Gulf Oil Co., the predecessor of appellee Chevron U.S.A. Prior to assigning the lease to Gulf, Avatar assigned part of its working interest in the lease to appellants Vernon C. Moyers, Jr. and Steve Jenkins.1 Gulf did...

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