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STINNETT v. COLORADO INTERSTATE GAS CO.

No. 97-10882.

227 F.3d 247 (2000)

Peggy Masterson STINNETT; Peggy Masterson Stinnett, Trustee of the R.B. Masterson Trusts; The Bennett Masterson Trust # 1 and the Ben Masterson Stinnett Trust; Laurel S. Emmett; Sidney S. Boyce; Mary Kritser Miller; George Shelby Miller; John Siebert Miller; Martha Miller Jarnagin; Elizabeth K. Masterson, Co-Trustee of the R.B. Masterson III Trust; William A. Masterson, Co-Trustee of the R.B. Masterson III Trust; Mary Lewis Kleberg, Trustee of the Mary Lewis Kleberg Trust; Nationsbank Corporation, Trustee of the T.B. Masterson Jr. Trust; First National Bank of Amarillo, Trustee of the Anna Belle Kritser Testamentary Trust; Trustee of the David Sloan Kritser Trust; Trustee of the Shelby Masterson Kritser Trust; Trustee of the Tom Moylan Kritser Trust; and Trustee of the Mary Kritser Miller Trust; Amarillo National Bank, Joint-Trustee of the Michael Weymouth Campbell Life Income Trust; Mary Ann Musick, Joint-Trustee of the Michael Weymouth Campbell Life Income Trust; Ann Campbell Musick, Custodian for Sarah Elizabeth Campbell; Michael Campbell, Custodian for Sarah Elizabeth Campbell; Texas Commerce Bank-Austin, NA, Trustee of the Zachary T. Scott, Jr. Trust No. 1 U/A dated November 1, 1941; The Zachary T. Scott, Jr. Trust No. 2 U/A dated January 17, 1944; The Zachary T. Scott, Jr. Trust No. 3 U/A dated December 16, 1952; The Ann Scott Hearon Trust No. 1 U/A dated November 1, 1941; The Ann Scott Hearon Trust No. 2 U/A dated January 17, 1944; and The Ann Scott Hearon Trust No. 3 U/A dated December 16, 1952; George C. Miller, Executor of the Mary Kritser Miller Estate; Amarillo National Bank, Trustee of the Susan Weymouth Snyder Trust; The Betsy Bradshaw Life Income Trust; The Edmond L. Bradshaw Revocable Trust; The Mary Ann Campbell Musick Trust; The Thomas C. Campbell Revocable Trust; The Thomas C. Campbell Children's Trust f/b/o Karly Nicole Campbell; The Thomas C. Campbell Trust f/b/o Skyler Elise Campbell; The Shannon Kay Parr Revocable Trust; The Michael W. Campbell II Trust; The M.W. Campbell Children's Bond Trust; The Michael Weymouth Campbell Children's Trust f/b/o Michael Weymouth Campbell, III and Sarah Elizabeth Campbell; The Thomas Betsy Jane Campbell Lien Trust; and the Betsy Campbell Lien Trust; Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, v. COLORADO INTERSTATE GAS COMPANY, Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross Appellant, v. Mesa Operating Limited Partnership, Third Party Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 8, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harlow L. Sprouse (argued), Matthew William McCann, Sprouse, Smith & Rowley, Amarillo, TX, Sidney Katherine Powell, Powell & Associates, Dallas, TX, Deborah Ann Pearce-Reggio, River Ridge, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

Robin C. Gibbs, Jeffrey C. Alexander, Barrett H. Reasoner, Jennifer Horan Greer, John Christopher Reynolds, Gibbs & Bruns, Houston, TX, Thomas Dale Farris, Amarillo, TX, Michael L. Williams, New Orleans, LA, Marie Roach Yeates, Harry M. Reasoner (argued), Gwendolyn Johnson Samora, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, Rebecca H. Noecker, Legal Dept., Colorado Springs, CO, for Colorado Interstate Gas Co.

Michael H. Collins, Susan Louise Karamanian, Dallas, TX, for Mesa Operating Limited Partnership.

Before DAVIS, SMITH and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

WIENER, Circuit Judge:

Grounded in mineral exploration, development, and production in the panhandle of Texas with a history almost as long as that State's oil and gas industry itself, the case that engenders the instant appeal requires interpretation of contractual provisions contained in several agreements and application of such interpretation to facts that are either undisputed or have been determined by a jury. The plaintiffs (collectively, "the Mastersons")...

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