STATE v. SONAT EXPLORATION CO.

Nos. 27592-CA, 27669-CA.

665 So.2d 718 (1995)

STATE of Louisiana, et al. v. SONAT EXPLORATION CO., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 18, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Comegys, III and Frank H. Spruiell, Jr., Comegys, Lawrence, Jones, Odom & Spruiel, Shreveport, Robert B. Barbor, Assistant Attorney General, Baton Rouge, for Appellants.

John W. Wilson, John M. King and Carol L. Dunne, Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, Ray A. Barlow, Hargrove, Guyton, Ramey and Barlow, Shreveport, Robert G. Dawkins, Dawkins, Coyle & Carter, R. Wayne Smith, Smith & Shadoin, John L. Sheehan, Ruston, Jay A. Greenleaf, Barlow & Hardtner, Walter F. Clawson, Shreveport, Stephen D. Wheelis, Provosty, Sadler & deLaunay, Alexandria, for Appellees.

Herschel M. Downs, Shreveport, in Proper Person.

Before WILLIAMS, J., and PRICE and CLARK, JJ. Pro Tem.


PRICE, Judge Pro Tem.

In this oil and gas litigation, two consolidated appeals have been taken from two summary judgments dismissing the claims of the State of Louisiana and Vector Investments (the State) against Franks Petroleum, Inc., John Franks, Fred Plitt, A. Thomas Dickerson, Randal Lewis, Williams Jarrett and Herschel Downs (the Franks defendants). Although the plaintiffs' petition named numerous defendants and raised questions concerning the navigability of...

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