Jimmie T. COOPER, Individually and as Trustee for the Jimmie T. Cooper and Betty P. Cooper Revocable Trust and Betty P. Cooper, Individually and as Trustee for the Jimmie T. Cooper and Betty P. Cooper Revocable Trust, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
AMERADA HESS CORPORATION; Chevron U.S.A., Inc.; Dynegy Corporation f/k/a NGC Corporation, f/k/a Warren Petroleum Corporation; Concho Resources, Inc.; Primero Operating Co., Ltd.; Rhombus Operating Co., Ltd.; Rhombus Energy Co.; Arch Petroleum, Inc.; and Rice Engineering Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.
Court of Appeals of New Mexico.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
September 15, 2000.
Certiorari Granted November 20, 2000.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
J.E. Gallegos, Michael J. Condon, Gallegos Law Firm, P.C., Santa Fe, NM, Craig Lewis, Andrew Sher, Gallagher, Young, Lewis, Hampton & Downey, Houston, TX, Robert L. Love, Robert L. Love, P.C., Hobbs, NM, for Appellants.
Bradford C. Berge, Anthony F. Medeiros, Campbell, Carr, Berge & Sheridan, P.A., Santa Fe, NM, for Appellee Amerada Hess Corporation.
Sharon Sandle, Maddox Law Firm, Hobbs, NM, for Appellee Dynegy Corporation.
Phillip T. Brewer, Roswell, NM, for Appellee Primero Operating, Inc.
Thomas D. Haines, Jr., Hinkle, Cox, Eaton, Coffield & Hensley, L.L.P., Roswell, NM, for Appellee Arch Petroleum, Inc.
Michael R. Comeau, Comeau, Maldegen, Templeman & Indall, L.L.P., Santa Fe, NM, for Appellee Rice Engineering, Inc.
Rod M. Schumacher, Barbara A. Reddy, Atwood, Malone, Turner & Sabin, P.A., Roswell, NM, for Appellee Chevron USA, Inc.
Gregory Burch, Liddell, Sapp, Zivley, Hill & LaBoon, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Dynegy Corporation.
Don M. Fedric, Hunker-Fedric, P.A., Roswell, NM, for Appellees Rhombus Operating Co., Ltd. & Rhombus Energy Co.
Rick G. Strange, Cotton, Bledsoe, Tighe & Dawson, Midland, TX, for Appellee Concho Resources, Inc.
Frank McCallum, Midland, TX, for Appellee Rice Engineering, Inc.
Court of Appeals of New Mexico.
Certiorari Granted, No. 26,609, November 20, 2000.
OPINION
ALARID, Judge.
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