CIMAREX ENERGY CO. v. MAUBOULES

No. CA 2008-452.

6 So.3d 399 (2009)

CIMAREX ENERGY CO., et al. v. Katherine D. MAUBOULES, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 29, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kerry Alan Kilburn, Kilburn Law Firm, Houston, TX, for Intervenor Appellee, Orange River Royalties, LLP, Coyote Ventures, Ltd., Mission Royalty Income 2002-A, LP.

Homer Edward Barousse, Jr., Barousse & Craton, Crowley, LA, for Defendant Appellee, Florence Mauboules.

Don Ray Beard, Attorney at Law, St. Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiff Appellant, Cimarex Energy Co. Ceniarth, Ltd.

Robert L. Cabes, Milling, Benson, et al., Lafayette, LA, for Defendant Appellant, Palace Exploration Co.

William Howard Collier, Ringuet, Daniels & Collier, Lafayette, LA, for Intervenor Appellee, Mission Royalty Income 2002-A, LP, Orange River Royalties, LLP Coyote Ventures, Ltd.

Margaret D. Swords, Longman Russo, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant Appellee, Patrick and Kathy Mauboules.

John Weir Grant, Attorney at Law, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant Appellee, Miocene Oil & Gas, Inc.

Francis X. Neuner, Jr., Laborde & Neuner, Lafayette, LA, for Intervenor Appellee, Orange River Royalties, LLP.

Joe Barrelle Norman, Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff Appellant, Ceniarth, Ltd. Cimarex Energy Co.

Randall Charles Songy, Onebane Law Firm, Lafayette, LA, for Other, Louisiana Oil and Gas Association.

George Jeanmard Tate, Attorney at Law, Abbeville, LA, for Defendant Appellant, Zeneco, Inc.

Steven Bernard Rabalais, Rabalais, Hanna, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant Appellee, Essex Royalty Joint Venture II.

Cheryl Mollere Kornick, Attorney at Law, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff Appellant, Ceniarth, Ltd. Cimarex Energy Co.

J. Clemille Simon, Attorney at Law, Lafayette, LA, for Intervenor Appellee, Ereunaco Oil.

Barry Louis Domingue, Simon Law Offices, Lafayette, LA, for Intervenor Appellee, Ereunaco Oil.

Michael Howard Landry, Attorney at Law, Crowley, LA, for Defendant Appellee, Jack W. Larimer, Cimarex Energy Co., Floyd Trahan, Valerie Mocek Trahan.

Kyle M. Bacon, Longman Russo, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant Appellee, Patrick and Kathy Mauboules.

Matthew R. Lynch, Milling, Benson, Woodward, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant Appellant, Palace Exploration Co.

Jed Mestayer, Laborde & Neuner, Lafayette, LA, for Intervenor Appellee, Orange River Royalties, LLP.

Collette Ross Gordon, Liskow & Lewis, PLC, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff Appellant, Cimarex Energy Co. Ceniarth, Ltd.

Diversified Energy Investments, Jack W. Larimer.

John Michael Gottesman, Essex Royalty Joint Venture II.

Court composed of JOHN D. SAUNDERS, OSWALD A. DECUIR, and ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, Judges.


SAUNDERS, Judge.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY:

This appeal arises from an Amended Final Judgment by the Fifteenth Judicial District Court, in which the trial court found that Appellants1 (hereinafter collectively referred to as "Cimarex") brought a concursus proceeding, under La.Code Civ.P. art. 4658, without having a legitimate basis to do so, thereby unreasonably withholding royalty payments from Appellees

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