TERREBONNE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD
v.
CASTEX ENERGY, INC., Samson Hydrocarbons Company, Bois D'Arc Corporations, Fina Oil & Chemical Company, Samson Resources Company.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
January 19, 2005.
Rehearing Denied February 25, 2005.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, L.L.P., John Links Duvieilh, Edward Joseph Koehl, Jr., New Orleans, Locke, Liddell & Sapp, LLP, Omer Frederick Kuebel, III, New Orleans; Michael V. Powell; Strain, Dennis & Bates, LLP, Thomas C. McKowen, IV, Baton Rouge; George C. Gibson, New Orleans, for applicant.
Carver, Darden, Koretzky, Tessier, Finn, Blossman & Areaux, L.L.C., Marshall Taylor Darden, New Orleans; The Gray Law Firm, A. J. Gray, III, Lake Charles, Wade Thomas Visconte; King, LeBlanc & Bland, Joseph E. LeBlanc, Jr., Elizabeth S. Wheeler, John Anthony Cangelose, New Orleans; Milling Benson Woodward LLP, David Neale Schell, Jr., New Orleans; St. Martin & Williams, Michael X. St. Martin, Joseph G. Jevic, III, Houma; Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, McCowan & Jarman, L.L.P., G. William Jarman, Linda Sarradet Akchin, Baton Rouge; Lapeyre & Lapeyre, Etienne Cassard Lapeyre, New Orleans; Gordon, Arata, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan, LLP, Denis Collins Swords, Gregory George Duplantis, Jamie Scott Manuel, New Orleans; Liskow & Lewis, Kyle Patrick Polozola, Layayette; Harry Ross Holladay, New Orleans, for respondent.
G. William Jarman, Baton Rouge, for amicus curiae, American Petroleum Institute, Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil, Louisiana Independent Oil and Gas Association.
Donald T. Carmouche, John Hogarth Carmouche, Gonzales, John Paul Gonzalez, Victor L. Marcello, Gonzales, Patricia Elise Weeks, for amicus curiae, Acadia Parish School Board, Vermilion Parish School Board, St. Martin Parish School Board and Iberia Parish School Board.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
CALOGERO, Chief Justice.*
This case requires us to consider whether article 122 of the Mineral Code, La.Rev.Stat. 31:122, which obligates a mineral lessee to act as a reasonably prudent operator, compels the lessee to restore the surface of the leased land to its pre-lease condition, where the lease terms do not so require and there is no evidence that the lessee excessively or unreasonably exercised its rights under the lease. Resolution...
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