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T D X ENERGY, L.L.C. v. CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC.

No. 16-30450.

857 F.3d 253 (2017)

T D X ENERGY, L.L.C., Plaintiff-Appellant Cross-Appellee v. CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED May 12, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott C. Sinclair , Sinclair Law Firm, L.L.C., Shreveport, LA, James Michael Johnson, Esq. , Kitchens Law Firm, A.P.L.C., Bossier City, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant Cross-Appellee.

Patrick Stephen Ottinger, Esq. , Trial Attorney, David Kroll McCrory , Ottinger Hebert, L.L.C., Lafayette, LA, for Defendant-Appellee Cross-Appellant.

Before PRADO, HIGGINSON, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.

Captain Anthony F. Lucas struck oil in the Spindletop salt dome in Texas in 1901. A black oil plume erupted to twice the height of the drilling derrick, and the well produced a record 800,000 barrels of oil within nine days. Others rushed to seize a share of the abundance. Wells were "drilled as close together as physically...

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