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YUMA PETROLEUM CO. v. THOMPSON

Nos. 98-C-1399, 98-C-1410.

731 So.2d 190 (1999)

YUMA PETROLEUM COMPANY v. The Honorable Herbert W. THOMPSON, Commissioner of Conservation and Assistant Secretary of Conservation of the State of Louisiana.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 2, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Winston S. Walker, Crowley, for Respondent in No. 98-C-1399 and Applicant in No. 98-C-1410.

John Y. Pearce, Justin H. Homes, Montgomery, Barnett, Brown, Read, Hammond & Mintz, New Orleans, for Applicant in No. 98-C-1399 and Respondent in No. 98-C-1410.

James B. St.John, Jr., Craig Wyman, Richard M. Lyons, Kyle P. Polozola, New Orleans, for Mid-Continental Oil & Gas of Louisiana (Amicus Curiae).

VICTORY, J.*

We granted writs filed by Yuma Petroleum Co. ("Yuma") and the Commissioner of Conservation of the State of Louisiana (the "Commissioner") to consider whether the Commissioner can order Yuma, as the current owner of an oil and gas lease, to pay for remediation of contamination from a pit on their lease or whether the Commissioner must bring in all prior owners of the lease to determine who actually caused the contamination...

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