SHELL OIL CO. v. SECRETARY

No. 96-C-0929.

683 So.2d 1204 (1996)

SHELL OIL COMPANY, et al. v. SECRETARY, REVENUE AND TAXATION.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 25, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Brent Meyers, Mark S. Stein, Charles DeWitt Hunley, Randall G. Durfee, Lowe, Stein, Hoffman, Allweiss & Hauver, New Orleans, for Applicant.

Robert G. Pugh, Pugh, Pugh & Pugh, Shreveport, for Respondent.

J. Edgerton Pierson, Jr., Shreveport, for NorAm Energy Corporation, Mississippi River Transportation Corp., Murphy Oil USA, Inc., Total Minatome Corporation, and Pennzoil Exploration and Production Corporation (Amicus Curiae).

Malcolm Stanton Murchison, Shreveport, for Pennzoil Exploration and Production Corporation (Amicus Curiae).


MARCUS, Justice.*

Pursuant to La.R.S. 47:1541-1565, the Department of Revenue and Taxation, State of Louisiana, conducted an audit and thereafter assessed Shell Oil Company and Shell Western E & P Inc. (hereinafter collectively referred to as "Shell") for severance taxes on oil and gas produced under mineral leases granted by the United States Department of Interior covering certain lands within the confines of Barksdale Air Force...

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