GUILBEAU v. HESS CORP.

No. 16-30971.

854 F.3d 310 (2017)

Kenneth James GUILBEAU, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HESS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED April 18, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor L. Marcello, Esq. , Diane Adele Owen , Talbot, Carmouche & Marcello, Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jonathan Andrew Hunter , Kelly Brechtel Becker, Esq. , Kathryn Zainey Gonski , Elizabeth S. Wheeler, Esq. , Liskow & Lewis, P.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before REAVLEY, OWEN, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.


Hess Corporation's predecessors obtained several mineral leases and conducted oil and gas operations on property for many years, ceasing operations in 1971, and the oil and gas leases expired in 1973. In 2007, Kenneth Guilbeau purchased property on which these operations had been conducted. At that time, all wells...

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