CIMAREX ENERGY CO. v. MAUBOULES

Nos. 2009-C-1170, 2009-C-1180, 2009-C-1194.

40 So.3d 931 (2010)

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

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied June 25, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Liskow & Lewis, PLC, Joe Barrelle Norman, Collette Ross Gordon, Cheryl Mollere Kornick, New Orleans, for Applicant in No. 2009-C-1170.

Michael Howard Landry, Crowley, Kean, Miller Hawthorne, D'Armond, McCowan & Jarman, G. William Jarman, Linda Sarradet Akchin, Baton Rouge, LaBorder & Neuner, Francis X. Neuner, Jr., Jed Michael Mestayer, Lafayette, Milling, Benson, Woodward, LLP, Robert L. Cabes, Andrew John Halverson, Lafayette, Rabalais, Hanna & Hebert, Steven Bernard Rabalais, Joan D Wallace, Lafayette, Ringuet & Collier, William Howard Collier, Lafayette, for Respondent in No. 2009-C-1170.

Milling, Benson, Woodward, LLP, Andrew John Halverson, Robert L. Cabes, Lafayette, for applicant in No. 2009-C-1180.

Michael Howard Landry, Crowley, Kean, Miller Hawthorne, D'Armond, McCowan & Jarman, G. William Jarman, Linda Sarradet Akchin, Lafayette, LaBorder & Neuner, Francis X. Neuner, Jr., Jed Michael Mestayer, Lafayette, Liskow & Lewis, PLC, Joe Barrelle Norman, New Orleans, Rabalais, Hanna & Hebert, Joan D. Wallace, Stteven Bernard Rabalais, Lafayette, Ringuet & Collier, William Howard Collier, Lafayette, The Kilburn Law Firm, PLLC, Kerry Alan Kilburn, John Michael Gottesman, for Respondent in No. 2009-C-1180.

Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, McCowan & Jarman, G. William Jarman, Kimberl Kaye Hymel, Linda Sarradet Akchin, Lafayette, for Applicant in No. 2009-C-1194.

Michael Howard Landry, Crowley, Laborde & Neuner, Francis X. Neuner, Jr., Jed Michael Mestayer, Lafayette, Liskow & Lewis, PLC, Joe Barrelle Norman, New Orleans, Milling, Benson, Woodward, LLP, Andrew John Halverson, Robert L. Cabes, Lafayette, Rabalais, Hanna & Hebert, Joan D. Wallace, Steven Bernard Rabalais, Lafayette, Ringuet & Collier, William Howard Collier, Lafayette, The Kilburn Law Firm, PLLC, Kerry Alan Kilburn, for respondent in No. 2009-C-1194.


JOHNSON, Justice.*

This case arises out of a dispute involving royalty payments due under a mineral lease held by applicants, Cimarex Energy Co., Ceniarth, Ltd., Palace Exploration Co., and RZ, Inc. (hereinafter "Cimarex"). Alleging that there were competing claims to the royalty payments, Cimarex invoked a concursus proceeding and deposited the funds into the registry of the court. We granted this writ application primarily to review...

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