TENSAS POPPADOC, INC. v. CHEVRON U.S.A.

No. 10-124.

49 So.3d 1020 (2010)

TENSAS POPPADOC, INC. v. CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 8, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. "Buddy" Caldwell —Attorney General, Stephen J. Oats —Special Assistant Attorney General, Lawrence E. Marino —Special Assistant Attorney General, George O. Luce —Special Assistant Attorney General, Oats & Hudson A, Partnership of Professional Corporations, Lafayette, LA, for Non-Party Appellant, Scott Angelle, then Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources.

Megan K. Terrell , Ryman M. Seidemann , Office of the Attorney General, Civil Division, Division, Baton Rouge, LA, for Non-Party, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources and James Welsh.

Winston Stephen Walker , John W. Adams , Joe Wilson , Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, Baton Rouge, LA, for Non-Party, Louisiana Department of Conservation.

Donald T. Carmouche , Victor L. Marcello , John H. Carmouche , William R. Coenen, III , John S. DuPont, III , Brian T. Carmouche , Kenneth Jay DeLouche , Talbot, Carmouche & Marcello, Gonzales, LA, Jerold Edward Knoll The Knoll Law Firm, L.L.C. Marksville, LA, James Edward Paxton , APLC St. Joseph, LA, Wade N. Kelly , Robichaux, Mize, Wadsack & Richardson, LLC, Lake Charles, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee, Tensas Poppadoc, Inc.

Brent Stafford Gore , Ferriday, LA, G. William Jarman , Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, McGowan & Jarman, Baton Rouge, LA, Robert E. Meadows , Carol M. Wood , King & Spalding, LLP, Houston, TX, Michael R. Phillips , Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, McGowan & Jarman, Louis M. Grossman , Patrick A. Talley, Jr. , Frilot, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Chevron U.S.A., Inc.

Albert Moore Hand, Jr. , Cook, Yancy, King & Galloway, Shreveport, LA, for Defendants/Appellees, Devon Energy Production, Merit Management Partners I, L.P., Merit Energy Company, Merit Energy Partners, III, L.P., and Merit Energy Partners D-III, L.P.

John Allen Jeansonne, Jr. , Donovan J. O'Pry, II , John A. Jeansonne, III , Jeansonne & Remondet, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendants/Appellees, McGowan Working Partners, Inc, Spokane Oil & Gas, L.L.C. and Sunset Oil & Gas, LLC.

D. Russell Holwadel , Adams, Hoefer, Holwadel & Eldridge, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants/Appellees, Denbury Onshore, LLC, LSJ Exploration, L.L.C., Oil & Ale LSJ, LLC, Smith Operating and Management Company, and Diamond South Operating, LLC.

Guy Earl Wall , Wall, Bullington & Cook, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, LSJ Exploration, L.L.C.

James Marshall Jones, Jr. , Jones, Odom, Davis & Politz, L.L.P., Shreveport, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Diamond South Operating, LLC and Oil & Ale LSJ, LLC.


GENOVESE, Judge.

In this environmental remediation case, Scott Angelle, then Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (LDNR), a non-party to the instant litigation, appeals a judgment of the trial court ordering the issuance of a subpoena for his testimony at trial and permitting the taking of his deposition in this litigation. For the following reasons, we affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

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