ROBERTSON v. EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darleen M. Jacobs, Esq. , Michael Laborde (argued), Jacobs, Sarrat, Lovelace & Harris, Robert G. Harvey, Sr. , New Orleans, LA, Paula Adams Ates, Esq. , Ates Law Firm, A.P.L.C., Destrehan, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Martin A. Stern (argued), Glen Marion Pilie, Esq. , E. Paige Sensenbrenner, Esq. , Valeria M. Sercovich , Ronald J. Sholes , David M. Stein , Roland Manil Vandenweghe, Jr. , Raymond Peter Ward, Adams & Reese, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellants Exxon Mobil Corporation and Mobil Exploration and Producing US, Incorporated.

Eberhard Darrow Garrison , Kevin E. Huddell , Rose A. Murray , Jones, Swanson, Huddell & Garrison, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellants Joseph F. Grefer and Camille Grefer.

Michael Raudon Phillips, Esq. , Brett Patrick Fenasci , Shannon A. Shelton , for Defendants-Appellees Chevron USA, Incorporated, individually and as the successor corporation of Gulf Oil Exploration & Production, Company and Texaco, Incorporated, Incorrectly identified as predecessor to the Texas Company.

Michael P. Cash, Esq. , Wade Thomas Howard, Esq. , Liskow & Lewis, Houston, TX, Lauren Rail Bridges , Liskow & Lewis, P.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee BP Exploration & Oil, Incorporated, and/or BP Products North America, Inc. and/or Amoco Oil Company and Amoco Production Company.

Mark Edward Best, Esq. , Michele Hale DeShazo , Deborah DeRoche Kuchler , Janika D. Polk, Esq. , Skylar Barbosa Rudin , Milele N. St. Julien , Senior Counsel, Kuchler, Polk, Schell, Weiner & Richeson, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellees Conocophillips Company, Shell Offshore, Incorporated, Shell Oil Company and Swepi, L.P., individually and as successor to Shell Western E & P, Inc.

Mary S. Johnson, Esq. , Jill Thompson Losch , Johnson Gray McNamara, L.L.C., Mandeville, LA, Nichole Mart Gray , Chadwick James Mollere , Johnson Gray McNamara, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee Anadarko U.S. Offshore Corporation, formerly known as Kerr-McGee Oil and Gas Corporation, formerly known as Kerr-McGee Corporation.

Richard Stuart Pabst, Esq. , Tyler Ann Moore Kostal, Esq. , Julie Parelman Silbert , Kean Miller, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee Marathon Oil Company.

Thomas E. Balhoff , Carlton Jones, III , Roedel, Parsons, Koch, Blache, Balhoff & McCollister, A.L.C., Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant-Appellee Intracoastal Tubular Services, Incorporated, individually and as the successor corporation to Intracoastal Truck Linke, Inc., Intracoastal Pipe Repair and Supply, Co., and Intracoastal Terminal, Inc.

John William Hite, III , Peyton C. Lambert , Salley, Hite, Mercer & Resor, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellees Rathborne Companies, L.L.C., Rathborne Land Company, L.L.C. and Rathborne Properties, L.L.C.

Angie Arceneaux Akers , Jay M. Lonero , Thomas H. Peyton , Larzelere Picou Wells Simpson Lonero, L.L.C., Metairie, LA, for Defendant-Appellee Riverstone Insurance, Limited, as successor in interest to certain business of Sphere Drake; incorrectly identified as Sphere Drake Insurance, Limited Insurance Limited, formerly known as Sphere Drake Insurance, P.L.C.

Before GRAVES, HIGGINSON, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.