SELF v. BPX OPERATING CO.

No. 22-30243.

80 F.4th 632 (2023)

James SELF; Wilma Self, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BPX OPERATING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED September 8, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Martin , James Davis Powell , Davidson Summers, A.P.L.C., Shreveport, LA, Sally Dunlap Fleming , Law Office of Sally Dunlap Fleming, P.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Ashley M. Liuzza , Michael Gregory Stag, Esq. , Attorneys, Stag Liuzza, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

April Leigh Rolen-Ogden , Brittan Jackson Bush , Michael H. Ishee , Gus E. Laggner, Esqs. , Liskow & Lewis, Lafayette, LA, Paul Mark Adkins , Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Dennis, Elrod, and Ho, Circuit Judges.


This case concerns the interplay between Louisiana's relatively new conservation laws and its deeply rooted negotiorum gestio doctrine. Because we cannot make a reliable Erie guess as to the applicability of Louisiana's negotiorum gestio doctrine, we CERTIFY a question to the Louisiana Supreme...

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