TERREBONNE PARISH SCHOOL BD. v. CASTEX

No. 2001 CA 2634.

878 So.2d 522 (2004)

TERREBONNE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD v. CASTEX ENERGY, INC., Samson Hydrocarbons Company, Bois D'Arc Corporation, Fina Oil & Chemical Company, Samson Resources Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Granted June 25, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Z. St. Martin, Joseph G. Jevic, III, Houma, A.J. Gray, III, Wade T. Visconte, Lake Charles, Counsel for Plaintiff/1st Appellant Terrebonne Parish School Board.

John L. Duvieilh, Edward Koehl, Jr., George Gibson, New Orleans, Counsel for Defendant/2nd Appellant Bois D'Arc Operating Corporation.

Thomas C. McKowen, IV, Charles G. Blaize, Jr., Baton Rouge, Michael V. Powell, Adam B. Zuckerman, New Orleans, Counsel for Defendants/3rd Appellants Samson Hydrocarbons Company and Samson Resources Company.

Denis C. Swords, Gregory G. Duplantis, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee Castex Energy, Inc.

Joseph E. LeBlanc, Jr., Elizabeth S. Wheeler, John A. Cangelosi, New Orleans, Counsel for 3rd Party Defendant/Appellee Shell Oil.

Harry R. Holladay, New Orleans, Counsel for 3rd Party Defendant/Appellee Knob Hill.

Etienne C. Lapeyre, New Orleans, Counsel for 3rd Party Defendant/Appellee Kaneb Energy.

Linda Akchin, Baton Rouge, Counsel for 3rd Party Defendant/Appellee Texaco & Tidewater.

Taylor Darden, New Orleans, Counsel for 3rd Party Defendant/Appellee Chevron.

Kyle P. Polozola, New Orleans, Counsel for 3rd Party Defendant/Appellee Atlantic Richfield.

David N. Schell, Jr., New Orleans, Counsel for 3rd Party Defendant/Appellee M.B. Rudman Company.

Before: FOIL, KUHN, DOWNING, McDONALD, and McCLENDON, JJ.


KUHN, J.

Plaintiff-landowner, Terrebonne Parish School Board (TPSB), sued, among others, assignees to an oil and gas lease, defendants, Bois D'Arc Operating Corporation (Bois D'Arc), Samson Hydrocarbons Company1 and Samson Resources Company (collectively referred to as Samson), and Castex Energy, Inc. (Castex), claiming entitlement to restoration of the surface of land utilized in execution of the lease (the subject property). Samson filed...

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