CHEVRON USA, INC. v. VERMILION PARISH SCHOOL BD.

No. 03-30602.

377 F.3d 459 (2004)

CHEVRON USA, INC., Plaintiff-Counter Defendant-Appellee, v. VERMILION PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, Defendant-Counter Claimant-Appellant. Texaco Inc.; Texaco Exploration & Production, Inc., Plaintiffs-Counter Defendants-Appellees, v. Vermilion Parish School Board, Defendant-Counter Claimant-Appellant. Amerada Hess Corp., Plaintiff-Counter Defendant-Appellee, v. Vermilion Parish School Board, Defendant-Counter Claimant-Appellant. Union Oil Company of California, Plaintiff-Counter Defendant-Appellee, v. Vermilion Parish School Board, Defendant-Counter Claimant-Appellant. Mobil Oil Corp.; Mobil Oil Exploration & Producing Southeast, Inc., Plaintiff-Counter Defendant-Appellees, v. Vermilion Parish School Board, Defendant-Counter Claimant-Appellant. Exxon Mobil Corp., Plaintiff-Counter Defendant-Appellee, v. Marshall W. Guidry, Defendant-Counter Claimant-Appellant. Exxon Mobil Corp., Plaintiff-Counter Defendant-Appellee, v. Vermilion Parish School Board, Defendant-Counter Claimant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 6, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bob F. Wright, Domengeaux, Wright, Roy & Edwards, Robert Karl Hammack, Michael Van Ardoin, Lafayette, LA, Charles Sterling Lambert, Jr., Jules B. LeBlanc, III, LeBlanc & Waddell, Baton Rouge, LA, William F. Large, Hosie, Frost, Large & McArthur, Anchorage, AK, John Burritt McArthur (argued), Spencer Hosie, Hosie, Frost, Large & McArthur, San Francisco, CA, for Vermilion Parish Sch. Bd. and Guidry.

John M. Wilson, Cheryl M. Kornick, Jonathan Andrew Hunter, Jana Louise Grauberger, Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, LA, for Chevron USA, Inc.

Lawrence P. Simon, Jr., Liskow & Lewis, Lafayette, LA, for Amerada Hess Corp., Union Oil Co. of CA, Mobil Oil Corp. and Mobil Oil Exploration & Producing Southeast Inc.

William Seay Strain, Thomas Chalmers McKowen, IV, Strain, Dennis, Mayhall & Bates, Baton Rouge, LA, John Mason McCollam (argued), Gordon, Arata, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan, New Orleans, LA, Barry L. Wertz, McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, Houston, TX, Howell A. Dennis, Jr., Strain, Dennis, Mayhall & Bates, Lafayette, LA, for Exxonmobil Corp.

Before DAVIS, BARKSDALE and PRADO, Circuit Judges.


W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

This case returns to us after the Louisiana Supreme Court denied certification, Chevron USA, Inc. v. Vermilion Parish School Board, 872 So.2d 533 (La.2004), of the following question which is the subject of this appeal:

Whether the notice given in this case by counsel for a lessor on behalf of the putative class satisfies the requirement of Articles 137-141 of the Louisiana Mineral...

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