UNION PACIFIC RESOURCES GROUP v. HANKINS

No. 08-99-00494-CV.

51 S.W.3d 741 (2001)

UNION PACIFIC RESOURCES GROUP, INC., Union Pacific Oil & Gas Co., and Union Pacific Resources Co., and Peach Ridge Pipeline Company, L.P., Duke Energy Fuel, Inc., Rio Bravo Gas Systems, L.L.C., and Duke Energy Southwest Ozona Plant, L.L.C., Appellants, v. Lowell F. HANKINS, The Ada L. Pierce Testamentary Trust and The Victor Lenore Pierce Miller Trust, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Overruled July 25, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven C. Kiser, Lynch, Chappell & Alsup, Midland, Mary Ann Joerres, Dallas, Neil D. Kelly, Hughes & Luce, L.L.P., Raymond Doak Bishop, King & Spalding, Houston, Attorneys for Appellants.

Robert R. Herring, James J. Ormiston, Levon G. Hovnatanian, Martin Disiere & Jefferson, L.L.P., Houston, Frank Weaver Rose, Smith Carter Rose Et Al., San Angelo, Attorneys for Appellees.

Before Panel No. 4 BARAJAS, C.J., LARSEN, and McCLURE, JJ.


OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal from an order certifying a class action in an oil and gas case under Tex.R.Civ.P. 42. Plaintiffs represent royalty interest owners in oil and gas leases in Crockett County, Texas. Appellants contend that the trial court abused its discretion in certifying the case as a class action. We affirm the trial court's order.

FACTS

Appellees, Lowell F. Hankins and Pierce Miller...

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